Question

David is standing 500 feet away from the base of a cell phone tower. The angle of elevation from his eyes to the top of the tower is 78. If David's eyes are 6 feet above the ground, how tall is the tower?

Answer 1

`h = 2358.315\,ft`

Explanation:

The trigonometric figure is presented below. The height of the tower is found by applying trigonometric functions:

`h = 6\,ft + 500\,ft \cdot \tan 78^(\textdegree)`

`h = 2358.315\,ft`