SOLUTION: Bob is driving along a straight and level road toward a mountain. At some point on his trip, he measures the angle of elevation to the top of the mountain and finds it to be 25°11'
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Question 1014766: Bob is driving along a straight and level road toward a mountain. At some point on his trip, he measures the angle of elevation to the top of the mountain and finds it to be 25°11'. Find the height of the mountain to the nearest foot if Bob is 19,427.5 feet from the center of the mountain at the base. Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Draw this and the mountain height is the short leg of a right triangle.
tangent 25 d 11 m=x/19427.5, that is opposite over adjacent.
x=(19427.5)*tan 25d11m
x=9135 feet.
