Answer
$height=81.18~ft$
Work Step by Step
The length of the shadow is the adjacent side of the right triangle. The height is the opposite side.
$tan~33°=\frac{opp}{adj}=\frac{height}{125}$
$height=125~tan~33°=81.18$
Algebra and Trigonometry 10th Edition
by Larson, Ron
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
9781337271172
ISBN 13:
978-1-33727-117-2
Chapter 6 - 6.7 - Applications and Models - 6.7 Exercises - Page 494: 20
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