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06-05-2018
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Suppose you are headed toward a plateau 70 m high. If the angle of elevation to the top of the plateau is 60 degrees, how far are you from the base of the plateau?

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16-05-2018

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we know that

in the right triangle ABC
tan 60°=BC/AC----> AC=BC*tan 60°-----> AC=70*tan 60°----> AC=121.24 m

the answer is
121.24 m

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