SOLUTION: An ecologist wishes to find the height of a redwood tree that is on the other side of a creek, as shown in the figure below. From point A he finds that the angle of elevation to th

Question 1145953: An ecologist wishes to find the height of a redwood tree that is on the other side of a creek, as shown in the figure below. From point A he finds that the angle of elevation to the top of the tree is 11.5°. He then walks 24.8 feet at a right angle from point A to point B. There he finds that the angle between AB and a line extending from B to the tree is 87.6°.
What is the height h of the tree?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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