CCGPS AG 2.2.3 Example 2

A meteorologist reads radio signals to get information from a weather balloon. The last alertindicated that the angle of depression of the weather balloon to the meteorologist was [math]41^\circ[/math] and the balloon was 1,810 meters away from his location on the diagonal. To the nearest meter, how high above the ground was the balloon?

 

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