SOLUTION: If you had a Tan problem with an angel of elevation at 30 and the height of a triangle was 19,340 feet. And you were trying to find the base or in this case 'x', would the equation

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Question 576438: If you had a Tan problem with an angel of elevation at 30 and the height of a triangle was 19,340 feet. And you were trying to find the base or in this case 'x', would the equation equal 170 feet?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you had a Tan problem with an angel of elevation at 30 and the height of a triangle was 19,340 feet. And you were trying to find the base or in this case 'x', would the equation equal 170 feet?
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Took me a few seconds to figure out what you meant my "Tan problem", tangent.
Then angel, for angle.
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I don't know what the equation equals, tho.
The tan(30) = sqrt(3)/3 =~ 0.577