Suppose you are standing 500 feet away from a tree and you see a hawk hovering directly above that tree. The angle of elevation

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il63 [147K]

3 years ago

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Suppose you are standing 500 feet away from a tree and you see a hawk hovering directly above that tree. The angle of elevation

from you to the hawk is 24°. To the nearest foot, at what height is the hawk hovering?

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Serhud [2] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-14T08:14:26+03:00

Serhud [2]3 years ago

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To the nearest foot, the hawk is hovering 223 feet in the air and you can get this by....

tan(24)= x/500

The x will be your answer for the height, which is 222.614.