Help with math problem, Dog in a Ditch?
xofrenchfriesxo22 [ go eagles! ] asked:
Oscar and Rasheed are identical twins. They are both 6 feet tall. They are on opposite sides of a ditch that is 30 feet wide. Their dog Earl is at the bottom of the ditch.
Oscar and Rasheed are identical twins. They are both 6 feet tall. They are on opposite sides of a ditch that is 30 feet wide. Their dog Earl is at the bottom of the ditch.
Earl can get out if he wants to. When Oscar looks at Earl, his line of sight makes a 75 degree angle below the horizontal. When Rasheed looks at Earl, his line of sight makes a 40 degree angle below the horizontal. How deep is the ditch?
(Hint: Trigonometry may not b very useful for this problem.)
Brian
One Response to “Help with math problem, Dog in a Ditch?”
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