A surveyor wants to find the height of a tower used to transmit cellular phone calls. He stands 125 feet away from the tower and meandered the angle of elevation to be 40 degrees. How tall is the tower?

SharpC asked May 10, 2023

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$\begin{gathered} \tan 40=(h)/(125) \\ 0,84*125=h \\ h=105\text{ ft} \end{gathered}$

height of tower is 105 ft

VenkatKA answered May 14, 2023

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