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Use Trigonometry to Help You Solve the Following. A Person Is Standing Halfway Between Two Trees That Are 3m Apart. The Angles of

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Use trigonometry to help you solve the following. A person is standing halfway between two trees that are 3m apart. The angles of elevation to the tops of the trees are 42^circ and 36^circ How much taller is one tree over the other? The one tree is square taller than the other.

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To solve this problem, we can use trigonometry. Let's label the trees as Tree A and Tree B, with Tree A being the taller tree.Step 1: Draw a diagram to represent the situation. Place the person halfway between the two trees, with the angle of elevation to the top of Tree A being and the angle of elevation to the top of Tree B being .Step 2: Use the tangent function to find the height of each tree. The tangent of an angle in a right triangle is equal to the opposite side divided by the adjacent side.For Tree A: For Tree B: Step 3: Since the person is standing halfway between the two trees, the distance from the person to each tree is the same. Let's call this distance .For Tree A: For Tree B: Step 4: Solve for the height of each tree.Height of Tree A = Height of Tree B = Step 5: Calculate the difference in height between the two trees.Difference in height = Height of Tree A - Height of Tree BTherefore, the one tree is taller than the other.