Question

Rodas is standing 100 feet from the Eiffel Tower and sees a bird land on the top of the tower (he has really good eyes!). If the angle of elevation from Rodas to the top of the Eiffel Tower is close to 84.6°, how tall is the tower? Round to two decimal places.

Answer 1

1057.89 feet

Explanation:

Trig time! Start with a diagram and listing out your trig functions, either mentally or on paper. SOH CAH TOA

The best trig function for this problem is likely tan:

tan84.6 = height / 100

100 * tan 84.6 = height

height = 1057.89 feet