Standing in your tree house, 50 feet off the ground, you look down at a 60° angle and notice a frisbee. approximately how many feet from the base of the tree is the frisbee?
draw a diagram assuming you are directly over the base of the tree
we need to find the ratio between the adjacent angle and oposite angle
adjacent angle is the disatnce from frisbee to base of tree oposite angle is 50ft
so tan=oposite/adjacent tan(60°)=50/? ?tan(60°)=50 ?=50/tan(60°) use your calculator ?≈28.8675 so about 29ft away from the base of the tree is the frisbee
