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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLEASE HELP! After a storm, a tree lies as show in the diagram in the comments. What was the original height of the tree? Round to nearest whole foot.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (paxpolaris):

does that say 97in. ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, sorry about that

OpenStudy (paxpolaris):

all right... we have a 30-60-90 triangle and one side. do you know the ratios of the sides....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no....

OpenStudy (paxpolaris):

do you know any trigonometry? sin, cos, tan of a 30 degree angle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know sin, cos, and tan

OpenStudy (paxpolaris):

|dw:1347559819144:dw| what's sin(30degrees) ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sin 30degrees= opp/hyp What should I call those?

OpenStudy (paxpolaris):

never mind .... can you see that your triangle above is half of an equilateral triangle... |dw:1347560247746:dw|

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