SOLUTION: A tower is 200 ft tall. To the nearest degree, find the angle of elevation from a point 50ft away from the base of the tower to the top of the tower.
Algebra.Com
Question 295736: A tower is 200 ft tall. To the nearest degree, find the angle of elevation from a point 50ft away from the base of the tower to the top of the tower.
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, solver91311:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
OPP=200
ADJ=50
The angle of elevation is 76 degrees.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The tangent of an angle is the measure of the opposite side of the triangle divided by the adjacent side of the triangle. So, you want to know the angle who's tangent is 
, or
)
The calculator, in Degrees mode, says:
\ \approx\ 75.963756532073521417107679840837)
or
degrees, to the nearest degree.
John
RELATED QUESTIONS
Montreal’s Marathon building is 195m tall. From a point level with, and 48m away from,... (answered by Alan3354)
Find the angle of elevation from the point on the ground 90 feet from the base of a... (answered by jsmallt9)
To find the height of a tower, a surveyor positions a transit that is 2 m tall at a spot... (answered by pushpaharan)
to find the height of a tower, a surveyor positions a transit that is 2 meters tall at a... (answered by mananth)
a tower that is 107 feet tall casts a shadow 131 feet long. find the angle of elevation... (answered by stanbon)
I need help with these three problems
1. The angle of elevation from a point on the... (answered by Theo)
a tower that is 147 feet tall casts a shadow 155 feet long. find the angle of elevation... (answered by TimothyLamb)
A tower that is 116 feet tall casts a shadow 120 feet long. Find the angle of elevation... (answered by addingup)
From a point on the ground 255 m from the base of a tower, the angle of elevation to the... (answered by scott8148)