Trigonometry! #120

Geometry Level 1

The angle of depression of the top of a tower at a point 100 m 100~m from the house is 4 5 ∘ 45^{\circ} . Find the height of the tower in m m .

This problem is part of the set Trigonometry .


The answer is 100.

Omkar Kulkarni by Omkar Kulkarni , 22, India

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Raven Herd
Feb 17, 2015

From figure, x sin 45= 100 find x use pythagoras to find the remaining side that here is the height of the triangle ABC and we are done.

Easy one probably overrated .

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