What is the difference in elevation of the two canyon edges to the nearest foot?
asked:
A man standing at the edge of a canyon looks up at a 24.9 degree elevation angle. He sees the opposite edge of the canyon towering above him. His GPS position finder says the ground distance between his position and the opposite edge is 2.5 miles away from him. What is the difference in elevation of the two canyon edges to the nearest foot?
A man standing at the edge of a canyon looks up at a 24.9 degree elevation angle. He sees the opposite edge of the canyon towering above him. His GPS position finder says the ground distance between his position and the opposite edge is 2.5 miles away from him. What is the difference in elevation of the two canyon edges to the nearest foot?
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tan24.9=x/2.5
x=1.16miles
change that to foot yourself