Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.8 - Applications of Trigonometric Functions - Exercise Set - Page 638: 35

Answer

$257$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $ \dfrac{x}{ \tan 40^{\circ}} = \dfrac{x}{ \tan 20^{\circ}}-400$ or, $ x= \dfrac{400}{\dfrac{1}{\tan 20^{\circ}}-\dfrac{1}{\tan 40}} $ or, $ x= \dfrac{400}{2.7475-1.1918} $ Simplify the above equation: so, $ x=257$
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