A surveyor has placed two posts B and C 120 m apart on one side of a river

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Problem

A surveyor has placed two posts B and C 120 m apart on one side of a river. He crosses the river using a bridge, then moves to the point A which is directly opposite B. He finds that the angle of sight between the posts is 37∘37^\circ. How wide is the river?

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