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Question 1116964: The highest free-standing tower in North America is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. From a distance 1 km from its base, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 28.81 degrees. Find the height of the tower. (round answer to the nearest tenth of a meter) Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The highest free-standing tower in North America is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada.
From a distance 1 km from its base, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 28.81 degrees.
Find the height of the tower. (round answer to the nearest tenth of a meter)
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A right triangle is formed by the tower, a point 1000m from the tower
Use the tangent. let h = the height of the tower
tan(28.81) =
h = 1000 * tan(28.81)
h = 550 meters
