SOLUTION: A man is walking along a straight road. He notices the top of a tower. Between the ground where he is standing and the top of the tower, there is a 25 degree angle. If the height o
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Question 1038042: A man is walking along a straight road. He notices the top of a tower. Between the ground where he is standing and the top of the tower, there is a 25 degree angle. If the height of the tower is h = 8m, then what is the distance of the man from the tower? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
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the distance is the adjacent side and the tower's height is the opposite side.
tangent 25 = 8/adjacent
adjacent side=8/tangent 25=17.16 meters.
