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A surveyor measures the angle of elevation to a point on a mountain to be 15 degrees. The point on the mountain is horizontally 6 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.) Is it 1.61? Please explain!

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