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James notes the angle of elevation of the top of tower to be 30 degree if James is 100meter away horizontally from the base of the tower find the height of the tower?​

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Answer:

Around 57.74 feet

Explanation:

The tower and James form a right triangle, where the other two angles are 30 degrees and 60 degrees. The tangent of an angle is equivalent to the length of the opposite side divided by the length of the adjacent side, which means:


\tan 30=(x)/(100) \\\\x=\tan 30 \cdot 100 \approx 57.74

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