Question

a statue stands on a 2.8m high podium. at a point 10 m away from the base of the podium, the angle of elevation to the top of the statue is 43 degrees. how high is the statue?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

first find the whole height of the satute and the podium

Answer 3

tan(43)=y/10
y=9.3251508613766170561218562742619

Answer 4

now just subtract 2.8 form y and get x value

Answer 5

how to get the x?

Answer 6

so 9.3 - 2.8 is 6.5

Answer 7

and 6.5 is the x?

Answer 8

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