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Question 71281: can you help me solve this: You have climbed to the top of a tall tree. When you get to the top, you use your clinometer to discover that the angle between the tree and the line of sight to your red lunchbox is 30º. You know you left the lunchbox 20 meters from the base of the tree. How tall is the tree?
Answer by galactus(183) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Law of tangents.
20%2Fx=tan%2830%29
Solve for x=20%2Ftan%2830%29=20sqrt%283%29=34.64