Question

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?

Answer 1

What do you think it is?

Answer 2

4Is this somewhat right?

Answer 3

Yeah.

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

That is how it should look like.

Answer 6

from the triangle you do

tan20 =y/5

Answer 7

now what do you think the answer is?

Answer 8

tan20=y/5
0.36 = y/5
1.8=y
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Answer 9

Correct!