The height of a cell phone tower, AB, is 280 feet. What is the distance, in feet, between the tip of the tower A and a point C on the ground?

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anonymous · Answer

280 sin 50°
		
280 by tan 50 degrees
		
280 by cosec 50 degrees
		
280 sec 50°

lgbasallote · Answer

what do you think is AC...hypotenuse, opposite of the angle or adjacent of the angle?

anonymous · Answer

,,,hypotenuse

lgbasallote · Answer

good...and which function uses hypotenuse? sine? tangent? cosecant? or secant?

anonymous · Answer

that i dont know

anonymous · Answer

i wanna say cosecant

anonymous · Answer

You are given the side adjacent to the angle and want to find the hypotenuse. xcos50 = 280 or 280sec50. sec = 1/cos.

lgbasallote · Answer

sine = opposite/hypotenuse
tangent = opposite/adjacent
cosecant = hypotenuse/opposite
secant = hypotenuse/adjacent

/ means division

anonymous · Answer

ooo ok
thanks

anonymous · Answer

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