A tower is on the top of a hill. It is 1900 feet from an observer to a point directly under the tower and at the same elevation as the observer. The angle of elevation from the observer to the base of the tower is 14∘ and to the top of the tower 23∘. How tall is the tower in feet?
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 tower is on the top of a hill. It is 1900 feet from an observer to a point directly under the tower and at the same elevation as the observer. The
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