Question

Please help! To determine the height of the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada a person stands away from the base of the tower and measures the angle of elevation to the top of the tower to be 60°. After moving 118 meters closer to the tower, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 70°. A. How tall is the CN tower? B. How far was the person standing from the base of the tower when each angle measurement was taken?

Answer 1

A right triangle is formed by the tower, a point 1000m from the tower

Use the tangent. let h = the height of the tower

tan(28.81) = h%2F1000

h = 1000 * tan(28.81)

h = 550 meters

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