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LELUud LU n Tigh. Il ule angle Uf elev The plateau is (Do not round until the final answer. Then round to two decimal places as nee meters away.
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Suppose that you are headed toward a plateau 20 m high. If the angle of elevation to the top of the plateau is 10°, how far are you from the base of the plateau?
The plateau is meters away.
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