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NEED HELP ASAP!! Angles of Elevation and Despression! Need to find y! Round to the nearest tenth!!

NEED HELP ASAP!! Angles of Elevation and Despression! Need to find y! Round to the-example-1
User Itsazzad
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Answer:

y = 178.3 ft

Explanation:

Since the above figure is a right angled triangle we can use trigonometric ratios to find y

To find y we use tan

tan∅ = opposite/ adjacent

From the question

the opposite is y

the adjacent is 350 ft

Substitute the values into the above formula

That's


\tan(27) = (y)/(350)

y = 350 tan 27

y = 178.3339

We have the final answer as

y = 178.3 ft to the nearest tenth

Hope this helps you

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