A team of forestry graduate students want to determine the height of a giant sequoia tree using lasers. The laser is placed on top of a 3 ft tripod and shines a beam through the top of a 15 ft pole positioned 10 ft from the tripod and 155 ft from the approximate center of the base of the tree. Determine the height of the tree.

Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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Chapter1: Trigonometric Functions
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Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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A team of forestry graduate students want to determine the height of a giant sequoia tree using lasers. The laser is placed on top of a 3 ft tripod and shines a beam through the top of a 15 ft pole positioned 10 ft from the tripod and 155 ft from the approximate center of the base of the tree. Determine the height of the tree.

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