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Use the information in the illustration to find the height of the comminications tower. Round answer to the nearest foot.

Use the information in the illustration to find the height of the comminications tower-example-1

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you have to set up a proportion and cross multiply
User Nelson Almendra
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You will use tangent ratio since you have the adjacent side and you need the opposite side.
tan 70 = x/20
Multiply both sides by 20.
20tan 70 = 55
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