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Here is a tree. Make up a real world problem that uses the tree and trigonometric functions to find the height of the tree. Tell me what problem you are setting up (in words), what are known and unknown variables (h for height) and then show me how you would solve it. You could draw another triangle diagram.

Respuesta :

tan( angle ) = height / distance

If we turn this equation around, we can solve for the height of the tree in terms of the tangent of the angle and the distance to the tree:

height = tan( angle ) x distance

 This equation was my key to finding the height of the tree.
The problem is to find the height of the tree, h.
h is the unknown variable.
To solve it, we need two known variables: angle of sunlight θ and length of tree shadow k.
We use the trigonometric function, tan, to set up the equation:
tan θ = h/k
The ans is given by
h = k * tan θ