A surveyor measures the angle of elevation at 20 degrees for a point 5 miles away. What is the vertical change in elevation from the point where the surveyor is standing to the point 5 miles away?

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flcon04 · Answer

What do you think it is?

maddy1251 · Answer

|dw:1452744616638:dw|4Is this somewhat right?

flcon04 · Answer

Yeah.

flcon04 · Answer

Ok give me a sec i will explain it step by step.

flcon04 · Answer

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flcon04 · Answer

That is how it should look like.

flcon04 · Answer

from the triangle you do

tan20 =y/5

flcon04 · Answer

now what do you think the answer is?

maddy1251 · Answer

tan20=y/5
0.36 = y/5
1.8=y 
@flcon04

flcon04 · Answer

Correct!