The students could use what they know of triangle rectangles, in the image below you can see the diagram that the students could use to estimate the height of the tower.
First, the students could use the measuring tape to find the distance between the base of the tower and them, this distance is represented with the variable S in the image below.
Now, using the clinometer, they could find the elevation angle between their viewpoint and the tip of the tower. This would be the angle θ in the image (notice that they should do this from the ground).
So at this point, we know one angle and the adjacent cathetus to that angle.
And we want to find the height of the tower, which is the opposite cathetus to the known angle.
Then we can remember the trigonometric relation:
tan(a) = (opposite cathetus)/(adjacent cathetus)
Replacing these by the things we know:
tan(θ) = H/S
tan(θ)*S = H
Then, by measuring θ and S, we can find the height.
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