Question

Jeremy wishes to know the height of Vesthield shopping centre. He stands 30m away from the

shopping centre and, using clinometer, measures the angle of elevation from ground level to top of Vestheild to be 23º. the

What is the height of Vestheild to the nearest whole metre?

You must show all your working clearly.

Answer 1

Answer: 13 meters

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Work Shown:

Refer to the diagram below.

tan(angle) = opposite/adjacent

tan(A) = BC/AB

tan(23) = x/30

x = 30*tan(23)

x = 12.73424

x = 13 meters