Consider the same result: an observer sees the top of a vertical object at an angle of elevation 60°. If the height is 9 units, which expression gives the horizontal distance?
Question
Consider the same result: an observer sees the top of a vertical object at an angle of elevation 60°. If the height is 9 units, which expression gives the horizontal distance?
9
9/Ö3
9/3
9Ö3
Answer
9/Ö3
Detailed Explanation
Use tan q = opposite/adjacent. For q=60°, solve adjacent = height/tan q. — Examisthan.com