SOLUTION: A meteorologist of a weather bureau sights a cloud base. To measure its height, he positions the projector at a distance of 368m from the detector. The angle of elevation of the cl

Question 1064270: A meteorologist of a weather bureau sights a cloud base. To measure its height, he positions the projector at a distance of 368m from the detector. The angle of elevation of the cloud base from the projector is 48.2 degrees. Assume that the detector is directly below the cloud base. what is the height h of the cloud base?
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Height of cloud base, y.

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