Depth angles
At the top of the mountain stands a castle with a tower 30 meters high. We see the crossroad at a depth angle of 32°50' and the heel at 30°10' from the top of the tower. How high is the top of the mountain above the crossroad?
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- algebra
- expression of a variable from the formula
- planimetrics
- right triangle
- triangle
- basic functions
- reason
- goniometry and trigonometry
- tangent
- cotangent
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