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Amri
Oct 16, 2006, 06:12 PM
All right this seems to be an easy trigonometry question but for some strange reason I am having the most difficult with it.

A tower standing on top of a hill is inclined at an angle of 18 degrees, it casts a shadow of 40 meters long down the side of the hill. The angle of elevation of the sun is 47 degrees. What is the height of the tower ?

I am having major difficulties with this question so if someone could help me out with anything it would be much appreciated :)

Thank you for your time.

dmatos
Oct 17, 2006, 08:43 AM
First things first - can you take that description and draw the resulting triangle? Once you do, there is enough information given that you should be able to start solving for the height of the tower.