An ant looks up at an angle of elevation 30 degrees to the top of a tree. If the ant is 40 feet from the base of the tree, what is the height of the tree, to the nearest tenth?
Tan(30) =Height of tree/40
0.577350 =H / 40
H = 40 x 0.577350
H=23.1 feet - the height of the tree.
