A person is trying to determine the height of a tower in the distance by first measuring the angle of elevation to the top of the tower where she currently stands as 30 degrees. If she then walks 100 m toward the tower and then measures the angle of elevation to the top of the tower as 45 degrees, what is the height of the tower as an exact value?

A person is trying to determine the height of a tower in the distance by first measuring the angle of elevation to the top of the tower where she currently stands as 30 degrees. If she then walks 100 m toward the tower and then measures the angle of elevation to the top of the tower as 45 degrees, what is the height of the tower as an exact value?

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305652224

Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Publisher:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Chapter7: Triangles

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1GP

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