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While visiting a​ memorial, a person approximated the angle of elevation to the top of the memorial to be 35º. After walking 255ft​ closer, he guessed that the angle of elevation had increased by 17º. Approximate the height of the​ memorial, to the top of the memorial.

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arushi84

Draw a diagram to illustrate the problem as shown in the figure below.

Let h the height of the hill. =

At position A, the angle of elevation is 40°, and the horizontal distance to the foot of the hill is x.

By definition,

tan(40°) = h/x h = x tan40 = 0.8391x

(1)

At position B, Joe is (x - 450) ft from the foot of the hill. His angle of elevation is

40 + 18 = 58°.

By definition, tan(58°) = h/(x - 450)

h = (x - 450) tan(58°) = 1.6003(x-450)

h = 1.6003x - 720.135 (2)

Equate (1) and (2).

1.6003x - 720.135 = 0.8391x 0.7612x = 720.135

x = 946.0523

From (1), obtain

h = 0.8391*946.0523 = 793.8 ft

Answer: The height of the hill is approximately 794 ft (nearest integer)

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