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Standing in your tree house, 50 feet off the ground, you look down at a 60degree angle and notice a frisbee. App how many feet from the base of the tree is the frisbee?

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User Pokoli
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Assuming the person is in the tree house and looking down 60° from the horizontal:
tan30°=x/50; x≈28.9 ft.
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