Jonathan sets a camera on a tripod to film birds in a nest. The camera is 1.8 m off the ground and 16.4 m away from the tree. The angle of elevation from the camera to the bird’s nest is 29°.

How far above the ground is the bird’s nest?

Question

Jonathan sets a camera on a tripod to film birds in a nest. The camera is 1.8 m off the ground and 16.4 m away from the tree. The angle of elevation from the camera to the bird’s nest is 29°.

How far above the ground is the bird’s nest?

jazzixlin · Answer

it should be tan29°=(n-1.8)/16.4 then we get n=16.4tan29°+1.8

after we round the answer it should be n = 10.9 meters