Question

harry is in California looking at the redwoods he notices that when he is 30 feet from the tree that the angle looking to the top of the tree is 80 degrees how tall is the tree

Answer 1

use the tangent formula.

Answer 2

i got 46.18 is that right?

Answer 3

i don't think so.

tan(80) = y/30

solve for y.

Answer 4

how do i do that?

Answer 5

tan(80) *30 = y

y = 170.13

Answer 6

ohhh okay thanks

Answer 7

your welcome