Question #d4a6e

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Feb 15, 2018

height of the tree is #16.405#metres

Explanation:

Let the ground to be the point #A#
Let the point 32 metres from the left side of the tree to be point#B#
Let the top of the tree to be the point#C#
#ABC# forms a triangle, with side #AB=32#metres
Angle A made by the tree (AC) with AB is #180-94=86# degrees
Angle B made by the line(BC) with AB is #28 degrees#
Angle C made by the line BC with BA is #180-(86+28)=66#degrees
Thus,If #a=BC, b=AC, and c=AB# are the sides of the triangle ABC
and if #A,B, and C# are the angles of the triangle ABC
The sides and angles are connected by the sine rule s

#a/sinA=b/sinB=c/sinC#

#a=?, b=?, c=32# are the sides and
#A=86^@, B=28^@, C=66^@# are the angles

Rewriting the relation so as to determine the length of the tree #b#in terms of the side #c# and the angles #C and B#, we have
#b/sinB=c/sinC#
Substituting

#b/sin28^@=32/(sin66^@)to b=32(sin28^@)/(sin66^@)=16.445#metres

Since #16.445# is inclined at 86^@ degrees to the horizontal,
height of the tree is #(16.445)sin86^@=16.405#metres

height of the tree is #16.405#metres