A 15 meter trunk broke and fell against a wall. The base of the tree is 10 meters from the wall. Found the distance from the ground to the top of the tree. Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Identify which trig function you will be using to solve the problem. sine cosine Pythagorean Theorem 25 20 tangent 56.3 11.2

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A 15 meter trunk broke and fell against a wall. The base of the tree is 10 meters from the wall. Found the distance from the ground to the top of the tree. Round
your answer to the nearest tenth. Identify which trig function you will be using to solve the problem.
sine
cosine
Pythagorean Theorem
25
20
tangent
56.3
11.2
0000000
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