Question 202026
The statue of Liberty stands on a 150 ft. pedestal. From a point 280 ft. from the base of the pedestal, the angle of elevation to the top of Liberty's torch is 47 degrees. Find the height of the statue.
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Draw a diagram of the problem.
Doing so, you will see that you have a right triangle -- given "adajacent side" and "angle" -- applying trig relationship, we have:
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Let x = height of the statue
then
tan(47) = (x+150)/280
280tan(47) = x+150
150.263 ft = x