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The shadow of a vertical tower is 58 feet long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 36 degrees. What is the height of the tower to the nearest foot?

The shadow of a vertical tower is 58 feet long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 36 degrees. What is the height of the tower to the nearest foot?
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The shadow of a vertical tower is 58 feet long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 36 degrees. What is the height of the tower to the nearest foot?

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42 feet. You have side opposite and one adjacent to the angle therefore you use tan. Then just rearrange for x
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