QUESTION
A campsite is 9.41 miles from a point directly below the mountain top. If the angle of elevation is 12º from the camp to the top of the mountain, how high is the mountain?
SOLUTION
= tan 12 º = height
9.41 mi
= (9.41 mi) (tan 12 º) = height
= (9.41 mi) (.2126) = height
ANSWER
2 miles = height
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