A surveyor stands on a grassland and sees an evergreen tree on the side of a hill. Using their tools, the surveyor estimates that they are 114 feet from the base of the tree and 147 feet from the top of the tree. If the angle between these two distances is 38 degrees, then approximately how tall is the tree to the nearest hundredth of a foot?

A surveyor stands on a grassland and sees an evergreen tree on the side of a hill. Using their tools, the surveyor estimates that they are 114 feet from the base of the tree and 147 feet from the top of the tree. If the angle between these two distances is 38 degrees, then approximately how tall is the tree to the nearest hundredth of a foot?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter6: The Trigonometric Functions

Section6.7: Applied Problems

Problem 39E

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