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Hellsing834
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Homework Statement
A movie screen at the front of a room is 9 feet above the ground and 16 feet tall. Determine the distance X you must sit away from the screen in order to maximize your viewing angle.
[ I tried to make the picture :P. I need to find X]
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/2781/probwk6.png The little fish thing is i believe alpha...i don't know the Greek name for that.
Homework Equations
Well i figured that i need to do the tangent of both triangles and set them equal to each other, but i am confused if i need to take into account the second triangle for tan of theta.
I am comming up empty handed, and what i got was 25/tan[theta] but i don't think its right.
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