Question

A student is standing 20 feet away from the base of a tree. He looks to the top of the tree at a 50° angle
of elevation. His eyes are 5 feet above the ground. Using cos 50° 0.64, what is the height of the tree
to the nearest foot?

36 feet
29 feet
24 feet
31 feet

Answer 1

Answer:

$\tan(50) =opp(x) \div adh(20) \\ \tan50 \times 20 = opp(h) \\ = 23.8$

therefore the answer is 24

Answer 2

24 Feet is the answer for it