Acourse for sled racing is being constructed so that there will be a 41-meter vertical drop over the 990-meter course, as shown in this diagram.
write a mathematical expression for the measure of angle θ
using an inverse trigonometric function.

Andy wants to find the distance d across a river. he located points as shown in the figure, then use similar triangles to find that d = 223.5 feet. how can you tell without calculating that he must be wrong? tell what you think he did wrong and correct his error. round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. andy must have used the wrong . the distance d is actually feet.