Find the height of the hill

Question

From a point at the foot of a hill, the angle of elevation to the top is 17 degrees. The distance from the foot of the hill to the top is 750 meters. Find the height of the hil

Answer 1

you have a right triangle with the distance from the foot of the hill to the top being the hypotenuse

sin=opposite/hypotenuse

sin(17º)=h/750 where h is the height of the hill

0.2923717=h/750

0.2923717*750=h

h=219.2787 meters is the height of the hill