Learning Task 2 Week 4-5 Solve the following problem using Step 1 to Step 6. 1. A passenger on a ship, observes a \( 1,800-\mathrm{m} \) high lighthouse that stands on a hill which is 3,700 meters away from the ship. Find the angle of elevation of the top of the lighthouse from the Figure for item 1 \( \qquad \) meter meter ship. 2. A squirrel sits at the top a 14-foot-tall tree. He spies a nut on the ground at some distance away, and his line of sight makes a 74-degree with the tree. How far away is the nut from the squirrel?
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