SOLUTION: please help me out with this A communication company erects a 81-foot tall cellular telephone tower on level ground. Determine the angle of depression, theta(in degree), from t

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Question 341306: please help me out with this

A communication company erects a 81-foot tall cellular telephone tower on level ground. Determine the angle of depression, theta(in degree), from the top of the tower to a point 59 feet from the base of the tower. Round answer to the decimal places.

Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+Tan%28theta%29=perpendicular+%2Fbase
here perpendicular = 81 feet
base = 59 feet
So Tan%28theta%29 = 81/59= 1.3728
%28theta%29 = 54 deg