Question

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One method that meteorologists could use to find the height of a layer of clouds about the ground is to shine a bright spotlight directly up onto the cloud layer and measure the angle of elevation from a known distance away. Find the height of the cloud layer in the diagram to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

• 367.6 m

Explanation:

Use trigonometry

Let the height of the cloud be x, then we have:

• tan 35° = x/525
• x = 525 tan 35°
• x = 367.6 (rounded)

The height of the cloud layer is 367.6 m