Homework Help: math

Posted by t on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 11:37am.

from a point 50 m from the base of a cliff, a surveyor measures the angle of elevation to the top of the cliff as 73.2 degrees. how tall is the cliff to the nearest metre.

math - Damon, Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 11:48am
tan 73.2 = h/50
so
h = 50 tan 73.2

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