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Scarlett is trying to find the height of a dam. She stands 90 meters away from the dam and records the angle of elevation to the top of the dam to be 26?. Scarlett's height is 1.65 meters, so the height
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Scarlett is trying to find the height of a dam. She stands 90 meters away from the dam and records the angle of elevation to the top of the dam to be 26?. Scarlett's height is 1.65 meters, so the height of the dam is ? meters.

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90(tan26) + 1.65 = about 107.7378 meters
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