What was the height of the tree?

Question

A forester measured 200 ft from the base of a tree. She then measured the angle of elevation to the top of the tree at 29 degrees. What was the height of the tree?

Answer 1

Draw a diagram.  You'll have a right triangle with base 200 ft, and a tree of height h ft, and the acute angle of elevation is 29 degrees.  Tan 29^o = h/200.   h = 200 tan 29^o.  Just whip out your calculator to finish the job.