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danimylove
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  • 31-01-2017
  • Mathematics
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The angle of elevation from a ship to the top of a light-house is 3 degrees, if the ship is 1000 meters from the light-house how tall is the light-house?

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wolf1728
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  • 31-01-2017

tangent 3 degrees = height / 1,000
height = tangent (3) 1,000
height = 0.052408 1,000
height = 52.408 meters

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