Question: A radar operator on a ship discovers a large sunken vessel lying parallel to the ocean surface, 150 m directly below the ship. The length

A radar operator on a ship discovers a large sunken vessel lying parallel to the ocean surface, 150 m directly below the ship. The length of the vessel is a clue to which wreck has been found. The radar operator measures the angles of depression to the front and back of the sunken vessel to be 52 degree and 70 degree. How long, to the nearest tenth of a meter, is the sunken vessel?

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