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10. Jada is standing 10 feet from the base of a tree and spots • nest sitting on a branch. The

angle of elevation from the ground where she is standing to the nest is 55°. Find the height of
the nest.
This is trigonometry in geometry

User Unegare
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Answer:

Explanation:

so the height will be h.

if given the base length, find h using tangent.

tan55 = h/10ft

h = 10tan55

h = 14.28ft

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