Scarlett is trying to find the height of a dam. She stands 90 meters away from the dam and records the angle of elevation to the top of the dam to be 26º.
Scarlett's height is 1.65 meters, so the height of the dam is (ANSWER HERE) meters.

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Scarlett is trying to find the height of a dam. She stands 90 meters away from the dam and records the angle of elevation to the top of the dam to be 26º.
Scarlett's height is 1.65 meters, so the height of the dam is (ANSWER HERE) meters.

anonymous · Answer

@AngusV

misty1212 · Answer

HII!

misty1212 · Answer

you got a picture?

anonymous · Answer

There is no picture, I am afraid.

misty1212 · Answer

lol silly boy i meant "did you draw a picture?"

anonymous · Answer

Ooh, no.

misty1212 · Answer

let me know when you have one
then it should be pretty obvious what to do
hint: it involves tangent

anonymous · Answer

Uh, well, I don't exactly know how to draw it...

misty1212 · Answer

lets see if i can help

misty1212 · Answer

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misty1212 · Answer

you are looking for $h$ 
$$\tan(26^\circ)=\frac{h-1.65}{90}$$ which is really another way of saying multiply 
$$90\times \tan(26^\circ)$$ and add $1.65$ to the result to get $h$

anonymous · Answer

I do not have a calculator and I do not know how to do this by hand.

misty1212 · Answer

now you are really being silly
a) you cannot find $\tan(26^\circ)$ by hand 
b) of course you have a calculator
you have almost an infinite number of calculators
how did you get to openstudy?

anonymous · Answer

I do not have a calculator. The place I am at does not supply hand held calculators that I know how to use...

misty1212 · Answer

i am 100% sure you are on the internet right now, since you are asking questions in openstudy

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, but.. wait, are there online calculators? :/

misty1212 · Answer

lol

misty1212 · Answer

here is the one i like, there are millions of others http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=90*tan%2826%29%2B1.65