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An engineer wants to construct a bridge across a fast moving river. Using a straight line segment between two points that are 95 feet apart along his side of the river, he measures the angles formed when sighting the point on the other side where he wants to have the bridge end. If the angles formed at points A and B are 78° and 37°, respectively, how far is it from point A to the point on the other side of the river? Round to one decimal place.


A) 63.1 feet
B) 102.5 feet
C) 143.1 feet
D) no solution

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