Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Trigonometric Functions - Test - Page 564: 32

Answer

$448\ m$

Work Step by Step

1. See figure, we have $tan(52.5^\circ)=\frac{h}{x}$ and $tan(41.2^\circ)=\frac{h}{x+168}$ 2. We have $h=x\ tan(52.5^\circ)=(x+168)tan(41.2^\circ)$ 3. Solve for $x$ to get $x=\frac{168tan(41.2^\circ)}{tan(52.5^\circ)-tan(41.2^\circ)}\approx343.8\ m$ 4. We have $h=343.8\ tan(52.5^\circ)\approx448\ m$
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