SOLUTION: In a tourist bus near the base of Eiffel Tower at Paris, a passenger estimates the angles of elevation to the top of the tower be 60 degrees. If the height of the Eiffel Tower is a

Question 375179: In a tourist bus near the base of Eiffel Tower at Paris, a passenger estimates the angles of elevation to the top of the tower be 60 degrees. If the height of the Eiffel Tower is about 984 ft., what is the distance from the bus to the base of the tower?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Height of Eiffel tower = 984 feet
angle of elevation from bus = 60 deg
Distance = ?
..
Tan = opposite side/adjacent side
Tan (60)=984/x
x=
x= 984/1.7321
x= 568 feet
...
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