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A power failure on the bridge of a Great Lakes freighter has resulted in the ship'snavigator having to do her own calculations. She measures the angle between theship's course and a lighthouse on shore as 32. After the ship has travelled 1500 m,she measures the angle to be 72. Determine if the ship was closer to or farther fromthe lighthouse at the second sighting, and by what distance. (4 marks)

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