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A survey devices eyepiece is 6 feet off the ground. The device is placed 60 feet from a tree, the eyepiece must be elevated upwards at a 33 angle to see the top of the tree. How tall is the tree?

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Pure application of trigonometry - tangent

see the attachment

H = X + 6

and

TG 33 = X/60

X = 60.TG 33

X ≈ 39

H = X + 6

H = 39 + 6

H = 45

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