Question

The international rules of basketball state the rim of the net should be 3.05 meters above the ground. If your life of sight to the rim is 34 degrees an you are 1.7 meters tall what is distance from you to the rim

Answer 1

From the given information, draw a figure.

By using trigonometric ratio,

$\tan 34^o=\frac{Opposite\text{ side}}{Adja\text{cent side}}$

Plug the given values.

$\begin{gathered} \tan 34^o=\frac{\text{1}.35}{l} \\ l=\frac{1.35}{\tan 34^o} \\ \approx2.0015 \end{gathered}$

The distance from the person to the rim is approximately 2 meters.