Question

Josh has a big backyard. He loves Red Pine trees because they can grow as tall as 50m (200 feet).

Josh is 31.2 metres away from the Red Pine tree. The angle of elevation from Josh to the top of tree is 48º. His friend Jake also has a Red Pine tree in his backyard. It is half as tall as Josh's tree. Calculate the height of Jake's tree, rounded to two decimal places

Answer 1

The tangent or tanθ in a right-angle triangle is the ratio of its perpendicular to its base. The height of Jake's tree is 17.325 trees.

What is a Tangent (Tanθ)?

The tangent or tanθ in a right-angle triangle is the ratio of its perpendicular to its base. it is given as,

$\rm Tangent(\theta) = \dfrac{Perpendicular}{Base}$

where,

θ is the angle,

Perpendicular is the side of the triangle opposite to the angle θ,

The base is the adjacent smaller side of the angle θ.

Given Josh is 31.2 meters away from the Red Pine tree. The angle of elevation from Josh to the top of the tree is 48º. Therefore, the height of the Josh tree will be,

Tan(48°) = Height of the tree/ Distance between Josh and tree

Height of the tree = Tan(48°) × 31.2 meter = 34.65 meters

Now, Jake's tree is half as tall as Josh's tree. Therefore, the height of Jake's tree is,

Height of Jake's tree = 34.65 meters = 17.325 meters

Hence, the height of Jake's tree is 17.325 trees.

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