Question

2. You are floating in inner tube on Lake Michigan, 260 feet away from the iconic Little Sable Point lighthouse. You remember reading in the brochure that the lighthouse is 107 feet tall. At what angle do you have to look up to see the tip of the lighthouse?

Answer 1

To calculate the angle, you would need to use the tangent of an angle formula: tan(θ) = 107/260. Solving for θ yields an angle of 29.4 degrees. You would have to look up at an angle of 29.4 degrees to see the tip of the lighthouse.