after a severe storm, three sisters stood on their front porch and noticed that the tree in their front yard was leaning 6o from vertical towards the house. From the porch, which is 98 feet away from the base of the tree, they noticed the angle of elevation to the top of the tree was 24o. Draw the triangle. Approximate the height of the tree to the nearest two decimal places

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after a severe storm, three sisters stood on their front porch and noticed that the tree in their front yard was leaning 6o from vertical towards the house. From the porch, which is 98 feet away from the base of the tree, they noticed the angle of elevation to the top of the tree was 24o. Draw the triangle. Approximate the height of the tree to the nearest two decimal places

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