You are standing on the ground looking up at a bird's nest in a tree. You estimate you are 8 meters from the tree. When looking up at the nest, the angle of elevation from your eyes (eye line) to the bird's nest is 40°. If the height from the ground to your eyes is 1.6 meters, determine the height of the tree.

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Keon Cortez

11 April, 08:46

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Janae Harvey · Answer 1

8.31m

Step-by-step explanation:

tan 40 = Opp/Adj

tan 40 = x/8

x = 8 tan 40

x = 6.71m

Plus 1.6m = 8.31m