Question

A forest ranger spots a fire on a 28 foot tower,the angle of depression from the tower to the fire is 11 degrees to the nearest foot how far is the fire from the base of the tower show the steps you use to find the solution
running short on time to turn this answer in plz help

Answer 1

Solution:
use the trigonometric function which is tangent
tangent is equal to opposite/hypotenuse
the angle is 11 degrees
28 foot will be your opposite
your hypotenuse is the missing

tan(11 degrees)=28 foot/ hypotenuse
hypotenuse= [28 foot/ (tan 11 degrees)]
hypotenuse = 98.8 feet