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Paper 2Core or Extended Mathematics3 marks
A surveyor measures the angle of elevation from a point on the ground to the top of a tower as 35°. The distance from the surveyor to the base of the tower is 50 m.
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Tower and Surveyor
A right-angled triangle is formed with the tower as the vertical side, the ground distance as the horizontal side, and the line of sight as the hypotenuse. The angle of elevation is 35° at the surveyor's point.
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Calculate the height of the tower to one decimal place.
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