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How do you calculate the height of a mountain using trigonometry?
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∙ 11y ago
consider a right angle triangle ABC with AB is the base BC is the height , assume that BC is the height of the hill
- find the length AB
- find the angle BAC
- use the above equation
BC= (tan BAC) * AB
so BC is the height of the hill
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoFirst you would get a device that when you point it at the top of the mountain it would tell you the angle of elevation. Then you would measure how far away you are from the mountain. The length would be your "adjacent side" and the angle is "theta". From there you would do the tangent of theta and multiply it by your adjacent side. Now just add the height that your angle device is at and you have the height of the mountain! (assuming that the tripod that the device is on is level to the base of the mountain)
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