If a whale surfaces to breathe and then dives at a 20-degree angle below the horizontal, and it travels straight for 200 meters, how deep does it go?

To determine how deep the whale dives when it travels 200 meters at a 20-degree angle below the horizontal, we can utilize some basic trigonometry. Imagine a right triangle where: The hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is the distance the whale travels underwater, which in this case is 200 meters. The angle with … Read more