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A surveyor is standing 118 feet from the base of the Washington Monument. The surveyor measures the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the monument to be 78∘. Find the height h of the Washington Monument to the nearest foot

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Answer:

555 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

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The height of Washington Monument is 555 feet.

Application of Trigonometry :

Let us consider that height of Washington Monument is h.

A right angle triangle attached below which describe the situation of question.

Apply tan of angle.

              [tex]tan(78)=\frac{h}{118} \\\\h=118*tan(78)\\\\h=118*4.7=555 foot[/tex]

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