Question

Scarlett is trying to find the height of a dam. She stands 90 meters away from the dam and records the angle of elevation to the top of the dam to be 26º.

Scarlett's height is 1.65 meters, so the height of the dam is ?
meters.

Answer 1

grg

Explanation:

rgg

Answer 2

45.55 m to the nearest hundredth.

Explanation:

tan 26 = opposite / adjacent side = h / 90 where h = height of the dam - Scarlett's height.

The height of the dam =

y = 90 tan 26

= 43.895 m

Now we need to add Scarlett's height

= 45.55 m.