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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Not to pick but I think sin is the function we want. Tan gives the distance from you to the boat if you were at the same elevation. Sin will get you the hypotenuse of the triangle which is 1095 and small change.
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ya'know, thats a really good point.
I think I botched this whole thing. Its a matter of semantics, but the boat's distance IS the HYP, not the horizontal leg.
Posting too fast.... get me every time. My apologies.