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an observer is 120 feet from the base of a television tower that is 140 ft tall. Find to the nearest degree the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the point where the observer is standing

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The angle of elevation is obtained as follows:

Step 1: Make a sketch of the scenario, as below?

Step 2: Apply the appropriate trigonometric ratio to obtain the unknown angle, as follows:

[tex]\text{tan}\theta=\frac{opposite}{adjacent}[/tex]

With respect to the unknown angle:

opposite = 140 ft

adjacent = 120 ft

Therefore:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{tan}\theta=\frac{opposite}{adjacent} \\ \Rightarrow\text{tan}\theta=\frac{140\text{ ft}}{120\text{ ft}}=\frac{140}{120}=1.1667 \\ \Rightarrow\text{tan}\theta=1.1667 \\ \Rightarrow\theta=\tan ^{-1}(1.1667)=49.4^o \\ \Rightarrow\theta=49^o\text{ (to the nearest degre}e\text{)} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the angle of elevation is 49 degrees

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