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Aiko stands 5 m from a tree. At that distance, the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the tree is 80°. Approximately how tall is the tree?

User Jjmerelo
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This is the concept of trigonometry, the height of the tree will be given by:
tan theta=[opposite]/[adjacent]
theta=80
height=h
adjacent=5 m
hence;
tan80=h/5
hence;
h=5tan80
h=28.36 m
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