Find the height of the geyser.
Answer to Problem 34PPE
The height of the geyser is
Explanation of Solution
Given information: The observation point is 20 ft from the base of a geyser, the angle of elevation to the top of a geyser is
Calculation: The possible diagram is shown as where height of the geyser is (BC), and observation point (A) is 20 ft away from the base (B) of geyser.
Now by trigonometric ratios in
Hence the height of the geyser is
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