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?

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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

Henryeverett answered Feb 22, 2023

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