Question

Question 26 1 pts The angle of elevation from a boat to a cliff on land is 30°. If the cliff is 50 meters high, then what is the distance from the boat to the base of the cliff? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. 1 decimal place. Do not write anything but answer using no extra spaces.

Answer 1

For this case we can do the following:

We can solve for the value of x using the following identity:

`\tan 30=(50)/(x)`

Solving for x we got:

`x=(50)/(\tan 30)=86.6`

Then the final answer would be:

86.6 m