PLEASE HELP! WILL MEDAL. Fred the owl is looking down at a 23 degree from the top of a tree that is 15ft tall, when he spots a bird on the ground. How far away is Fred from the bird? Round to the nearest hundreth. http://www.thelearningodyssey.com/Assess/DPT/QIEImagesStorage/HSLQ_/HSLQ_GE13K04_H_stem2_1.jpg

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welshfella · Answer

you need to use one of the trig ratios  , sin, cos or tan

which one do you think is needed here?

welshfella · Answer

you need to find the length of the hypotenuse

anonymous · Answer

Tan because the problems are all angles of elevation and depression. But i don't know the formula in which to do so.

welshfella · Answer

sine = opposite/hypotenuse
cos = adjacent/hypotenuse
tan = opposite/adjacent

welshfella · Answer

note: you want the length of the hypotenuse

welshfella · Answer

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