SOLUTION: Dhaulagiri is the 7th highest mountain in the world. Ms. Fink is walking through the Hidden Valley, preparing for an ascent of the mountain. She looks up to the mountain and meas

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Question 1189166: Dhaulagiri is the 7th highest mountain in the world. Ms. Fink is walking through
the Hidden Valley, preparing for an ascent of the mountain. She looks up to the
mountain and measures the angle of elevation to be 47.3° and she knows she is
at an altitude of 4900m. She hikes 1000m closer to the mountain with no
elevation change and notes the angle of elevation to be 58.5°. How high above
sea level is Dhaulagiri?

Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, mccravyedwin:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We first solve it as if Ms. Fink were at sea level, then we'll add 4900m.

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,  , 







For brevity, let  and 















Now substitute those tangents for A and B and calculate h.
I won't tell you the answer, but it's more than 3000 m.

Then add the 4900 m to that and that will be the answer.

Edwin


Answer by mccravyedwin(409)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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