Given a Partial side length and two angles find the height of a given figure
The height of Mount Rushmore = H ?
The faces on Mount Rushmore are 60 feet tall: h = 60 feet
Head at a 48 degree angle of elevation: α=48\ensurement∘
His chin at a 44.76 degree angle of elevation: β=44.76\ensurement∘
The distance to the mountain = d
Solution:
tan(β)=H−hdd=H−htan(β)(1)
tan(α)=Hdd=Htan(α)(2)
(1) = (2):
H−htan(β)=Htan(α)
tan(β)tan(α)=H−hH=1−hH
hH=1−tan(β)tan(α)=tan(α)−tan(β)tan(α)|↕
Hh=tan(α)tan(α)−tan(β)
H=h(tan(α)tan(α)−tan(β))
H=60(tan(48\ensurement∘)tan(48\ensurement∘)−tan(44.76\ensurement∘))
H = 60 * 9.33639328817
H = 560.183597290 feet
The height of Mount Rushmore is 560.18 feet
