SOLUTION: A child lies on the ground and looks up at the top of a 17ft tree nearby. Chow is 14 ft away from the tree what is the angle of elevation from the child to the top of the tree roun

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Question 1154196: A child lies on the ground and looks up at the top of a 17ft tree nearby. Chow is 14 ft away from the tree what is the angle of elevation from the child to the top of the tree round to the nearest whole degree
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the angle of elevation




51 degrees to the nearest whole degree

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