An equilateral triangle has three 60 degree angles.
The altitude divides it into two 30 60 90 triangles.
The altitude is the "middle side" of such a triangle.
When that is the case, the middle side divided by the square root of 3 = the short side and multiplied by (2/sq root (3)) equals the hypotenuse.
The hypotenuse is the side of the equilateral triangle.
So, 6 * 2 / (sq root of 3) =
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Source:
http://www.1728.org/trig2.htm
Answer:
The cliff is 335 feet tall.
Step-by-step explanation:
First you convert the angle to degrees and you get 18.683 degrees.
Then you set up the equation where x is the height of the cliff.
Tan(18.683) = (x/991)
Then you solve for x and you get 335 ft when your ound to the nearest whole number.
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