The press box at a baseball park is 32.0 ft above the ground. A
reporter in the press box looks at an angle of 15.0° below the
horizontal to see second base. What is the horizontal distance
from the press box to second base?

First we can find angles of triangle which vertices are: press box at 32ft, point on the ground directly bellow press box and second base.

The angle at second base is:
180-90-(90-15) where 90 - 15 is the angle at press box vertex.

angle at second base is: 15.

tan(15) = 32/x where x is our unknown distance.
x = 32/tan(15) = 119.42 feet

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The press box at a baseball park is 32.0 ft above the ground. A reporter in the press box looks at an angle of 15.0° below the horizontal to see second base. What is the horizontal distance from the press box to second base?

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The press box at a baseball park is 32.0 ft above the ground. A
reporter in the press box looks at an angle of 15.0° below the
horizontal to see second base. What is the horizontal distance
from the press box to second base?