A golfer needs to know how tall a tree is to chip a ball over the tree onto the green in a golf match. his caddie knows that he is 10 feet from the tree and has an angle of elevation of 52°. what is the height of the tree to the nearest whole number?
The height of the trre will be given by: tan θ=(opposite)/(adjacent)
θ=52° Adjacent= distance of the golfer to the tree= 10 ft opposite = height, h, of the tree thus tan 52=h/10 hence solving for h we get: h=10tan52 h=12.799~12.8 ft
