SOLUTION: Mount Rushmore is a famous landmark. A person visiting the site approximated the angle of elevation to the top of George Washington head to be 35º. After walking 250 feet closer,

Question 1195146: Mount Rushmore is a famous landmark. A person visiting the site approximated the angle of elevation to the top of George Washington head to be 35º. After walking 250 feet closer, the angle of elevation had increased by about 15º. Approximate the length of the Mt Rushmore memorial to the top of George Washington head. Round the answer to the nearest foot.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

https://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/sellerme/docs/Summer2015quiz1ver2solutions.pdf

RELATED QUESTIONS
When Josephine stood south of the base of Mount Apo, in the Philippines, and looked up to (answered by josgarithmetic,math_tutor2020)

A person is standing 400m from the base of a building that has a flag pole on top. If the (answered by edjones)

he captain of a ship wants to determine his distance from shore. Seeking a familiar... (answered by lwsshak3)

a.) The elevation of mt. Everest is 29028 feet, what is the atmospheric pressure at the... (answered by Alan3354)

In the figure, a person standing at point A notices that the angle of elevation to the... (answered by richwmiller)

In the figure, a person standing at point A notices that the angle of elevation to the... (answered by josgarithmetic,Theo,ikleyn)

a person standing at point A notices that the angle of elevation to the top of the... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A family is traveling due west on a road that passess a famous landmark. At a given time (answered by 303795)

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa. Write an integer to represent the... (answered by Alan3354)