Homework Help: trig

Posted by Liz on Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 10:21pm.

Determine the height of a tree which casts a shadow of 13.7m when the sun is at an angle of 28 degrees.

trig - Sonia, Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 10:36pm
tan28=x/13.7

**solve for x**

13.7tan28=x
so x= approx 7.28
trig - Anonymous, Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 4:05am
x = tan28 * 13.7

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