Question

There are alot of bushes between you and the tree that prevent you from getting to it and being able to climb it. From where you stand you are looking at your cat with an angle of elevation of 37 degrees. The straight line distance between you and your cat is 29 feet. What is the ground distance between you and the tree?

Answer 1

Answer:

23.1604 feet (Pls give Brainliest)

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the angle of elevation is 37 degrees and the side adjacent to it is missing but the hypotenuse is given, you can use cosine. Since the hypotenuse is given, you can set up the equation:

cos 37 = x/29    (Multiply both sides by 29)

29 cos 37 = x    (x represents the missing side which is the ground distance to the tree)

x ≈ 23.1604