1. Jane, who is 1.7m tall, is standing 8m from a 5m tall tree. She looks up to the top of the tree and measures the angle of elevation. What measure did she find?
Q. 1. Jane, who is 1.7m tall, is standing 8m from a 5m tall tree. She looks up to the top of the tree and measures the angle of elevation. What measure did she find?
Identify Triangle: Identify the triangle formed by Jane, the base of the tree, and the top of the tree. Jane's eye level is 1.7m, so the tree's height relative to her eye level is 5m−1.7m=3.3m. The distance from Jane to the tree is 8m.
Use Tangent Function: Use the tangent function, which relates the angle of elevation θ to the opposite side (height difference) and the adjacent side (horizontal distance). tan(θ)=adjacentopposite=8m3.3m.
Calculate Tangent Value: Calculate the tangent value. tan(θ)=83.3=0.4125.
Find Angle: Find the angle θ by taking the arctan of 0.4125. θ=arctan(0.4125). Using a calculator, θ≈22.38 degrees.
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