Decimeters 3594
From a distance of 36 meters from the chimney base, its top can be seen at an angle of 53 °. Calculate the chimney height and the result round to whole decimeters.
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- algebra
- expression of a variable from the formula
- planimetrics
- right triangle
- triangle
- goniometry and trigonometry
- tangent
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