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A surveyor measures the angle of elevation to a point on a mountain to be 18. The point on the mountain is horizontally 4 miles away from the surveyor. The vertical change in elevation from the point where the surveyor is standing to the point on the mountain is _____ miles. (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a mile.)

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Fill in the blank.

A surveyor measures the angle of elevation to a point on a mountain to be 18. The point on the mountain is horizontally 4 miles away from the surveyor. The vertical change in elevation from the point where the surveyor is standing to the point on the mountain is _____ miles. (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a mile.)

anonymous · Answer

please help

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

Is that supposed to be 18 degrees on the mountain? and 4 miles from the surveyor?

anonymous · Answer

yes

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

:) Do you know what you're going to use for this? Like sin cos or tan?

anonymous · Answer

no

anonymous · Answer

Can someone answer this for me please?