As viewed from Cliff 360 m above sea level the angle of depression of a ship is to 28° how far is the ship from the shore

The distance of the ship from the shore is given by:

tan θ=opposite/adjacent

θ=28°

adjacent=x

opposite=360 m

substituting the values in our equation we get:

tan 28=360/x

solving for x we get

x=360/tan 28

x=677.06 m