A photographer’s camera sits on a tripod that is 1.8 m above the ground. The base of the tripod is 44 m from the base of a tree.

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A photographer’s camera sits on a tripod that is 1.8 m above the ground. The base of the tripod is 44 m from the base of a tree.

The photographer spots a woodpecker in the tree at a 39° angle of elevation.
To the nearest tenth of a meter, how high above the ground is the woodpecker?

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ryzh [129] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-07T18:56:06+03:00

ryzh [129]3 years ago

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I found 37.4 m.
I tried using trigonometry and the tangent of an angle (in this case 39°):