The Accompanying Figure Shows Two Ships at Points $P$ And $Q$ , Which Are in the Same Vertical Plane as an Q

question 10

Multiple Choice

The accompanying figure shows two ships at points $P$ and $Q$ , which are in the same vertical plane as an airplane at point $$R$$ . When the height of the airplane is $3,100 \mathrm { ft }$ , the angle of depression to $P$ is $35 ^ { \circ }$ and that to $Q$ is $30 ^ { \circ }$ .Find the distance between the two ships.

• A) \(9,800\) ft
• B) \(3,960\) ft
• C) \(380\) ft
• D) \(60,250\) ft
• E) \(41,420\) ft

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