Question

A person is standing 17 feet away from a tree and there is a bird's nest in the tree 10 feet above the ground. What is the angle of
elevation from the person to the nest? Round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

The angle of elevation from the person is ~ 19.7 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Call the distance from the person to the tree is A and the bird's nest to the ground is B (right angle side of right triangle)

The distance from the person to the bird's nest is the hypotenuse (call C) of the right triangle

To find the hypotenuse we take the square root of the sum of the squares of the two sides of the right angle.

Pythagorean formula

$A^2 + B^2 = C^2$