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Tangent Right Triangle

05/09/14

When the angle of elevation of the sun is 27 degrees, the shadow of a tree is 25 meters long. How tall is the tree?

It is a right triangle. I know you use tangent to find the height of the tree, but I don't know how to get started.

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