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The height of an inaccessible cliff needs to be calculated. from a boat, which is 150m out from the bottom of the cliff, the angle of elevation to the top of the cliff is 54. fi…

The height of an inaccessible cliff needs to be calculated. from a boat, which is 150m out from the bottom of the cliff, the angle of elevation to the top of the cliff is 54. fi…
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The height of an inaccessible cliff needs to be calculated. from a boat, which is 150m out from the bottom of the cliff, the angle of elevation to the top of the cliff is 54. find the height of the cliff

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User Jeff Jirsa
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use tangent
tan=opposite/adjacent
tan(54)=x/150
multiply by 150
150×tan(54)=x
206.5=x (approximately)
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