Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
A helicopter hovers at an altitude that is 1000 feet above a mountain of altitude 5210 feet. A second, taller peak is viewed from both the mountaintop and the helicopter. from the helicopter, the angle of depression is 43, and the mountaintop, the angle of depression is 18 degree. how far apart are the mountain peaks? what is the altitude of the taller peak?
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