SOLUTION: Compute the height of Gerorges Washigton's face on Mount Rushmore. <IMG SRC="http://image.prntscr.com/image/e1f1277076594de386bbfc24443e37d9.jpeg" ALT="Screenshot" WIDTH=500 HEI

Question 1036109: Compute the height of Gerorges Washigton's face on Mount Rushmore.

Found 3 solutions by Aldorozos, MathTherapy, FrankM:
Answer by Aldorozos(172)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's assume x as his height of face and y is the height from neck to feet.
Therefore the total height of GW is x+y
tangent of 70 = (x+y)/182 = 2.75
Tangent of 67.5 = y/182 = 2.4142 here we can conclude y = 182*2.4142= 440
We are interested in x. Therefore we have to replace y in the first equation with y from the second equation.
(x+440)/182 = 2.75 Therefore x+440 = 500 This means x has to be around 60

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Compute the height of Gerorges Washigton's face on Mount Rushmore.

Height of face:
Answer by FrankM(1040)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 2 other answers posted.
MathTherapy is correct.
Tan(70)= 2.7475
Tan(67.5)= 2.4142
The difference is .3333 and 182 * .3333 = 60.66 ft.
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