SOLUTION: Carmen is standing 40ft from a tree. From where she is standing the top of the tree is at an angle of elevation of 50 degrees. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest tenth?!

Question 1082983: Carmen is standing 40ft from a tree. From where she is standing the top of the tree is at an angle of elevation of 50 degrees. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest tenth?!
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Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you draw this, the height of the tree is the opposite side and the distance to the tree is the adjacent side. That is the tangent
tan 50=x/40
x=40 tan 50=47.67=47.7 feet
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