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romanna [79]
3 years ago
15

A mountaintop is a height y above the level ground. A woman measures the angle of elevation of the

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1 answer:
Kamila [148]3 years ago
7 0
Refer to the diagram shown below.
We want to find y in terms of d, φ and θ.

By definition,
tan (\theta) =  \frac{y}{x} \\\\ tan( \phi) = \frac{y}{x-d}

Therefore
y = x tan(θ)                   (1)
y = (x - d) tan(φ)           (2)

Equate (1) and (2).
(x - d) \, tan(\phi) = x \, tan(\theta) \\ x[tan(\phi) - tan(\theta)] = d \, tan(\phi) \\ x= \frac{d tan(\phi)}{tan(\phi)-tan(\theta)}

From (1), obtain the required expression for y.

Answer:
y= \frac{d \, tan(\phi) \, tan(\theta)}{tan(\phi)-tan(\theta)}

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