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A man standing 200m from the base of a television transmitter looks up and notices that the angle of elevation of the top of the transmitter is 65 degrees. How high is the tower?

 Sep 7, 2014

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We need the tangent here

tan(65°) = opp/200        multiply both sides by 200

200tan (65°) = opp = ht of tower = about 429m

 

 

 Sep 7, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

We need the tangent here

tan(65°) = opp/200        multiply both sides by 200

200tan (65°) = opp = ht of tower = about 429m

 

 

CPhill Sep 7, 2014
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Great answer, CPhill! I will give you 1 point for that! ( I could give you more if I could )

 Sep 7, 2014

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