While viewing a statue of Superman in the wax museum, kevin noticed that when he looked up to the top of the statue, the angle of elevation was 15 degrees and when he looked down at the statue’s base, the angle of depression was 20 degrees. If his eyes were 5 ft above the floor, how tall was the statue of superman.
We need to find out how far he was from the statue.....this is given by:
5 / tan(20) = about 13.74 ft
And the total height =
5 + 13.74*tan(15) = about 8.68 ft
