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A searchlight located 200 meters from a weather office is turn on. If the angle of elevation to the spot of light on the clouds is 35 degrees, how high is the cloud ceiling?

 Aug 28, 2014

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Use tan(angle) = height(opposite)/distance(adjacent)

So height = distance*tan(angle)

height = 200*tan(35°) m

 Aug 29, 2014
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Use tan(angle) = height(opposite)/distance(adjacent)

So height = distance*tan(angle)

height = 200*tan(35°) m

Alan Aug 29, 2014

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