Question

A 500-foot weather

Answer 1

Answer:  293 feet

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Explanation:

See the attached image below. The information that the tower is 500 ft is never used. Focus solely on triangle ABD (ignore point C).

AB = 200

AD = x = unknown

angle ABD = angle B = 47 degrees

Use the cosine rule to help find x

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cos(angle) = adjacent/hypotenuse

cos(B) = AB/BD

cos(47) = 200/x

x*cos(47) = 200

x = 200/cos(47)

x = 293.255837127926

Rounding to the nearest foot, we get 293 feet as the answer.