Question

Answer the following. Round all answers to the nearest hundredths place.

The angle of elevation from point A to the top of the cliff is 38 degrees. If point A is 80 feet from the base of the cliff, how high is the cliff?

Answer 1

62.5ft

Explanation:

It doesnt matter if there's bumps along the side, the height will still reach to the same point.

Using trigonometry we have a adjacent and the opposite.

Hypotenuse is opposite the right angle

Opposite is opposite the angle

Adjacent is the last side to remain

Soh Cah Toa

We'll be using toa (Tan) because o and a (opposite and adjacent)

rearranging the original formuma :

Side × tan(Angle)

80 × tan (38) =62.50285....ft