SOLUTION: Again sorry if this is posted to the wrong section! Fred Flintstone is looking down at the top of his pet dinosaur Dino who is standing 1.2 m away from him. The angle of depress

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Question 1182038: Again sorry if this is posted to the wrong section!
Fred Flintstone is looking down at the top of his pet dinosaur Dino who is standing 1.2 m away from him. The angle of depression from Fred to Dino is 35°. How tall is Fred, to the nearest tenth of a metre?

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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tan 35 = h/1.2
h=1.2 tan 35
h= 0.84 m
Fred's height = 0.84 m