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Diagram showing Snoopy flying with his gun pointed 37 degrees downward.

Snoopy is flying his biplane at an altitude of 225m above Lake Ontario, which is 160m deep. Using his machine gun sights, he sees the Red Baron in a submarine resting on the bottom of the lake. The sights of Snoopy's gun point 37° below horizontal. What is the horizontal separation between Snoopy and the Red Baron? (Answer in m.)

  1. 510
  2. 460
  3. 420
  4. 380
  5. 290

Solution SIN Bin: 1986, Problem 6

(c) 420