Question

A cat is watching a bird in a tree nearby the tree is approximately 20 feet from the cat ground distance if the cats line of sight makes a 25 degrees with the ground when he has his eye on the bird how high up is bird in the tree

Answer 1

X=20Tan(25)

Explanation:

So because the cat is looking at the tree it is a strait line making a right triangle with the tree. The cat spots the bird 25 degrees up in the tree making a triangle. Then use SohCahToa, and because u have the adjacent side use Tangent because you are missing the opposite side of the angle. There are a few other ways to find it but that is the simplest way to perform this, GOOD LUCK!