Aperson in a balloon which is 2,000 feet above the airport finds that the angle of depression to a ship out at sea is 21°. find the horizontal distance between the balloon and the ship.

The horizontal distance is given by the formula:
tan θ=opposite/adjacent
where:
θ=21
opposite=2000 ft
adjacent=a
thus calculating for a we get:
tan 21=2000/a
thus
a=2000/tan 21
a=5210.18 ft

5210.18 ft

You would need a laid out graph for this but could you provide a picture of just a graph? i can give stepssolve for y.subtract 4xdivide by -1 (opposites)graph slope intercept formcheck each point to see if it’s on the graph

Ithink it’s b, hope this .