Posted by nicole HELP on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 10:45pm.
Draw a diagram. If the nearer point is a distance x from the base of the mountain, then the height h can be figured from
h/x = tan 43°
h/(x+235) = tan 30°
x = h/tan 43°
x = h/tan 30° - 235
h/tan 43° = h/tan 30° - 235
h = 235/(cot30° - cot43°)
h = 356.2 m
not much of a mountain.
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