Do you remember studying right triangle trigonometry in Math II? You might have been asked to find the height of a tree given key information. Use the image to help you visualize the top of tree scenario. • You are standing twenty feet from the base of a tree. . Your horizontal line of sight is exactly five feet up from the ground. • The angle of elevation at which you see the top of the tree is 38 degrees. Answer the following questions...and don't worry, your effort is what is required here. You will not be penalized for not remembering how to do right triangle trig. 38 20 1. Which trigonometric ratio should you use to solve for the height of the tree? 2. Set up a trig ratio that will help you find the height of the tree. 3. Find T, the height of the tree,

Do you remember studying right triangle trigonometry in Math II? You might have been asked to find the height of a tree given key information. Use the image to help you visualize the top of tree scenario. • You are standing twenty feet from the base of a tree. . Your horizontal line of sight is exactly five feet up from the ground. • The angle of elevation at which you see the top of the tree is 38 degrees. Answer the following questions...and don't worry, your effort is what is required here. You will not be penalized for not remembering how to do right triangle trig. 38 20 1. Which trigonometric ratio should you use to solve for the height of the tree? 2. Set up a trig ratio that will help you find the height of the tree. 3. Find T, the height of the tree,

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305652224

Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Publisher:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Chapter2: Right Triangle Trigonometry

Section2.4: Applications

Problem 48PS: Albert lives in New Orleans. At noon on a summer day, the angle of elevation of the sun is 84. The...

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