A football lands at the edge of the roof of your school building. When you are 25 feet from the base of the building, the angle of elevation to the football is 21 degrees. How high off the ground is the football?

A football lands at the edge of the roof of your school building. When you are 25 feet from the base of the building, the angle of elevation to the football is 21 degrees. How high off the ground is the football?

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305652224

Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Publisher:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Chapter7: Triangles

Section7.1: The Law Of Sines

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Figure in plane geometry formed by two rays or lines that share a common endpoint, called the vertex. The angle is measured in degrees using a protractor. The different types of angles are acute, obtuse, right, straight, and reflex.

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