Question

The leaning tower of Pisa is approximately 179 ft in “height” and is approximately 16.5 ft out of plumb. Find the angle at which it deviates from the vertical.

Answer 1

Answer:

height of the leaning tower of pisa is 179 feet

it makes a 5.1 degrees from the vertical.

it's angle to the ground would be 90 - 5.1 = 84.9 degrees.

the height of the vertical would be one leg of a right triangle.

to find the vertical height of the tower, we would take the sine of 84.9 using the formula:

sine (84.9) = opposite divided by hypotenuse.

opposite i x

hypotenuse is 179

formula becomes:

sine (84.9) = x/179

multiply both sides of this equation by 179 to get:

x = 179 * sine (84.9)

this results in:

x = 178.2913507 feet

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