David is standing 500 feet away from the base of the cell tower the angle of elevation from his eyes to the top of the tower 78° is David eyes are 6 feet above the ground how tall is the tower
+36916 You can use Tan function
Tan 78o = opp / adj opp is the height (to which you must add David's 6 ft height) and adj = 500 ft
tan 78 = opp/500 solve for opp....then add the 6 ft
+36916 You can use Tan function
Tan 78o = opp / adj opp is the height (to which you must add David's 6 ft height) and adj = 500 ft
tan 78 = opp/500 solve for opp....then add the 6 ft
