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The highest free-standing tower in North America is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. From a distance of 1km from its base, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 28.81 degrees. Find the height
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The highest free-standing tower in North America is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. From a distance of 1km from its base, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 28.81 degrees. Find the height of the tower, rounded to two decimal places.

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The height of the tower and the distance from its base form a right angle triangle. Thus,
tan(∅) = height / base
tan(28.81) = height / 1,000 m
height = 549.98 meters
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