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Exercise

A vertical cliff casts a shadow of 50.0 meters at the time when the line of sight from the point of the shadow to the top of the cliff is 65°. How high is the cliff?

 

Solution

Since tan65° = height/shadow, height = shadow Image tan65° = 50.0 Image 2.1445 = 107.2 (m).


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