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How many meters tall is the palm tree?

How many meters tall is the palm tree?-example-1
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This is based on my assumption that those angles are equal.

Anyway by using the inverse of tan, we can find the angle which is 30.963....°

We can then use the tan ratio to find the height.

10(tan 30.963.....) = 6 meters

The palm tree is 6 meters tall.

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