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You are at the top of a 40-meter-high cliff and looking down at a boat that is 100 meters away from the base of the cliff. What is the angle of depression to the boat?

Using the tangent function: tan⁡(𝜃)=height from the object/distance to the object

tan ⁡(𝜃)=40/100

=0.4

To find the angle: 𝜃=tan⁡−1(0.4)

≈21.80∘

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