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Homework Statement
A cargo ship is tied up at the dock. At low tide, a 12-m long unloading ramp slopes down from the ship to the dock and makes an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal. At high tide, the ship is closer to the dock, and the unloading ramp makes an angle of 45 degrees t othe horizontal.
a) Determine the change in the horizontal distance from the ship to the dock from low tide to high tide. Express the distance as an exact value and as an approximate value
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The Attempt at a Solution
So, looking at the angles i determined that both of these angles are in relation to the exact trig ratio triangles.
I know taht the answer is 6([sqrt3 - [sqrt] 2 ) but I don't know the steps.
I know that the first triangle, which is the one at 60 degrees has a height of [sqrt]3 , and the second one has a slant height of the [sqrt] 2, But where does the 6 come from? and how does the 12-m long unloading ramp come into play in this problem?