from the top of a tower,the angle of depression to a stake on the ground is 72 degrees.the top of a tower is 8o feet above the ground.how fa

Okay, so we have two different answers which should in fact be the same and I haven't got a clue why 

Melody, I have to go but if my answer is wrong please white it for me 

Reinout

OK, zegroes.....we have a right triangle......we know one side, the height of the tower which is 80 ft and we're trying to find the adjacent side, i.e., the distance the stake is from the tower.

So we have

tan 72 = opposite / adjacent

tan 72 = 80/ adjacent           multiply by "adjacent" on each side

adjacent * tan 72 = 80          divide by the tan 72 on both sides

(adjacent =   80 / tan 72 ) =   about 26 ft.

And that's how far the stake is from the tower base

I'll include a picture if you need it

thanks you two

I think reinout-g made a slight mistake...it should be the tan of 18 degrees, not 28 degrees

ill give you both a thumbs up

Good evening reinout.  You got 4 pts anyway and it was only a little error.

You'd better give me a thumbs up........

Or I'll sic the Dinosaur on you............

And I mean it !!!

Who is giving all the thumbs down?

Let's blame it on.............zegroes!!!

(We know you did it, zegroes........confess...now!!)

no i just got back on the tab i said thumbs up to both of you......

i wouldnt thumbs down my own question........

No it is not Zegroes,

His thumb is worth 5 points - these a 1 point downs.  Someone is not being nice!

can a hacker do this or is it just a random user??

i dont know who gave u thumbs down but im giving u a thumbs up to gain what u lost !

Thank you rosala,

No zegroes this is not the hacker.  Just a random user.