Alison C.

asked • 12/12/22

solve the word problem

You are standing on an elevated observation platform 220 feet away from a tree on which you spot a monkey. You measure the angle of depression to the bottom of this tree to be 19∘, while the angle of elevation to the top of the tree is 31∘. The angle of elevation to the monkey is 29∘.


The height of the observation platform is:  feet.


The height of the tree is:  feet.


The height of the monkey above the ground is:  feet.

(You may give your answers as decimal approximations.)


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