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17 June, 23:40

A dog is standing 12 feet from a tree looking at a bird in the tree. the angle of elevation from the dog to the bird is 50°. how far above the ground is the bird? round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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  1. 18 June, 00:16
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    The distance of the bird from the ground will be given by:

    tan θ=opposite/adjacent

    θ=50°

    opposite=h

    adjacent=12 ft

    plugging in the values in the formula we get:

    tan 50=h/12

    thus

    h=12tan50

    h=14.301 ft

    =14.3 ft
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