SOLUTION: There is a cell phone tower in the field across Tess's house. If she walks 50ft from the tower, and finds the angle of elevation from her position to the top of the tower to be 60

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Question 1029746: There is a cell phone tower in the field across Tess's house. If she walks 50ft from the tower, and finds the angle of elevation from her position to the top of the tower to be 60 degrees. How tall is the tower?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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tan(60) = sqrt(3).

tan(60) = opposite / adjacent

adjacent = 50

tan(60) = opposite / 50

opposite = 50 * tan(60) = 50 * sqrt(3) = 86.60254038.

that's the height of the tower.