A radio tower is located 275 feet from a building. From a window in the building, a person determines that the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 32° and that the angle of depression to the bottom of the tower is 22°. How tall is the tower? feet Give your answer rounded to the nearest foot.
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
A radio tower is located 275 feet from a building. From a window in the building, a person determines that the
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