Question

A refrigerator has a width of 3 feet. The angle of elevation from the bottom corner to the opposite corner is 65º. What is the height of the refrigerator

Answer 1

if you have the tools to measure the base as 3 feet across, and the angle of elevation as 65 degrees; .... why dont you just use the same measureing device to measure the height with?

Answer 2

height to width is a tangent definition

Answer 3

tan(a) = h/w

w tan(a) = h

Answer 4

thats the thing i dont no how to do that i done many this to try to get it but its never works

Answer 5

whats the width?

Answer 6

idk it dont say

Answer 7

on the width is 3 feet

Answer 8

ok, lets use that

3 tan(a) = h

now whats the angle?

Answer 9

this is what is says....A refrigerator has a width of 3 feet. The angle of elevation from the bottom corner to the opposite corner is 65º. What is the height of the refrigerator

Answer 10

ok, so whats the angle?

Answer 11

i guess 65

Answer 12

because it say corner

Answer 13

good, then lets use that

3 tan(65) = h

and thats the exact height then

Answer 14

it gives me 6.433

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

who lol thanks

Answer 17

can u explan this..If the height of a refrigerator is 6 feet and the base is 3 feet, find the angle of elevation.

Answer 18

it all rests on how we define the tan function in trig

Answer 19

as such we can undo that with the arctan function