A person standing 306 feet from the base of a church observed the angle of elevation to the church’s steeple to be 20°. How tall is the church. Give answer to the nearest whole number

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Solution

- The solution steps are given below:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{ Applying SOHCAHTOA, we have:} \\ \frac{h}{306}=\tan20 \\ h=306\tan20 \\ \\ h=111.374...ft\approx111ft\text{ \lparen To the nearest whole number\rparen} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Final Answer

111 ft

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