Question

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

Answer 1

Draw a diagram
assuming you are directly over the base of the tree

we need to find the ratio between the adjacent angle and oposite angle

adjacent angle is the disatnce from frisbee to base of tree
oposite angle is 50ft

so
tan=oposite/adjacent
tan(60°)=50/?
?tan(60°)=50
?=50/tan(60°)
use your calculator
?≈28.8675
so about 29ft away from the base of the tree is the frisbee