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Bob is driving along a straight and level road toward a mountain. At some point on his trip, he measures the angle of elevation to the top o
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Bob is driving along a straight and level road toward a mountain. At some point on his trip, he measures the angle of elevation to the top of the mountain and finds it to be 21°44′. Find the height of the mountain to the nearest foot if Bob is 13,428.7 feet from the center of the mountain at the base.
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Answer:
5353 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
We have height of the mountain = x
We also have
tan (21°44′)= x/13428.7 → x=5352.98ft
Height of the mountain to the nearest foot = 5353 ft
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