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Question from chris, a parent: you are standing 120 feet from the base of a tower. the angle of the elevation to the top of the tower is 15 degrees. how tall is the actual tower? |
Hi Chris,
The height of the pole is |PQ| feet. |PQ|/120 is a trig function of 15o. What trig function? What is |PQ|?
Penny
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