PLEASE HELP!!! BRAINLIEST!!! Melissa is standing 40 ft from a tree. The angle of elevation from where she is standing on the ground to the top of the tree is 50°.
Melissa is standing 40 ft from a tree, so m = 40 is base of the triangle. angle of elevation (aoe) = 50° The tree's height (h) is the side opposite the aoe (50°), therefore in trigonometry tangent 50 = opposite / adjacent. The side adjacent to that angle (50°) is the base (m). Therefore: tan50 = h/m And now h = m (tan50) h = 40 (1.19) = 47.7 ft
