Question

A radio tower is located 425 feet from a building. From a window in the building, a person determines that the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 30 ∘ ∘ and that the angle of depression to the bottom of the tower is 26 ∘
. How tall is the tower?

Answer 1

The height of the tower is 452.66 ft

The situation will form 2 right angle triangle. One above the line of sight

and one below the line of sight.

Therefore,

Using trigonometric ratio,

tan ∅ = opposite / adjacent side

tan 30° = h(top of the tower) / 425

h(top of the tower) = tan 30 × 425 = 245.373864406  

tan 26° = h(bottom of the tower) / 425

h(bottom of the tower) = 425 × tan 26° = 207.28635014

Therefore,

Height of tower = h(top of the tower) + h(bottom of the tower)

Height of tower = 245.37 + 207.29 = 452.66 ft

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