Question

Please help!

What is the full height of the tree?
Round your answer to the nearest tenths place

Answer 1

height ≈ 17.0 m

Explanation:

consider the right triangle with angle 29° , opposite side x and adjacent side of 28 m

using the tangent ratio in the right triangle

tan29° =
`(opposite)/(adjacent)` =
`(x)/(28)` ( multiply both sides by 28 )

28 × tan29° = x , then

x ≈ 15.5 m ( to the nearest tenth )

now add on the 1.5 m

height of tree = 15.5 + 1.5 = 17.0 m