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A surveyor is standing 115 feet from the base of the washington monument. The surveyor measure the angle of the elevation to the top of the monument as 78.3. How tall is the monument? I just want to know how to solve this with trig because I keep getting weird answers please help :)

 May 13, 2015

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tan 78.3=height/115. (Try to visualize a triangle in your head.)

The monument is about is about 555.314 ft tall.

 May 13, 2015
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tan 78.3=height/115. (Try to visualize a triangle in your head.)

The monument is about is about 555.314 ft tall.

DarkBlaze347 May 13, 2015

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