SOLUTION: To measure a stone face carved on the side of a​ mountain, two sightings 600 feet from the base of the mountain are taken. If the angle of elevation to the bottom of the face
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Question 1109034: To measure a stone face carved on the side of a mountain, two sightings 600 feet from the base of the mountain are taken. If the angle of elevation to the bottom of the face is 42° and the angle of elevation to the top is 44°, what is the height of the stone face?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Observer, top, and bottom, form a triangle.
Angle that is made AT the observer is degrees.
Angle at the top of the face is 46 degrees.
Angle b at the bottom of the face makes for , degrees.
Length from observer to the top of the face on the mountain is .
Use Law Of Sines to find the stone face, length from top to bottom.
39 feet
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