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SOH CAH TOA. CHO SHA CAO. Right Triangle Trigonometry. Word problems. Your calculator should be in DEGREE MODE. X = 10.03. y= 11.13. A surveyor is standing 50 feet from the base of a large tree. The surveyor measures the angle of elevation from where he stands to the
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SOH CAH TOA CHO SHA CAO Right Triangle Trigonometry • Word problems Your calculator should be in DEGREE MODE
X = 10.03 y= 11.13
A surveyor is standing 50 feet from the base of a large tree. The surveyor measures the angle of elevation from where he stands to the top of the tree as 71.5°. How tall is the tree? opp ? h = 149.43ft 71.5° 50 ft. toa adj
5° FIRE 50ft Curran’s observatory Spencer, in a park ranger’s observation station 50 feet above the ground, spots a fire in the forest. If the angle of depression from Spencer to the fire is 5, how far is the fire from the base of the station? adj ? opp toa X = 571.50ft