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an ant looks up to the top of the tree with an angle of elivation of 38degrees. if the ant is 43 feet from the base of the tree,what is the height of the tree,to the nearest tenth?

User Lostaunaum
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33.6 feet
You need go use the trigonometry function tangent
Tan(38)=x/43
43tan(38)=x/43*43
43tan(38)=x
33.6=x
User Ravikumar Sharma
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