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an observer 1.5meters tall is 20.5 metres away from a tower 22 metres high. determine the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the eye of the observer

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assuming the eye is on the top of the observer's head, it is clear that

(22-1.5)/20.5 = tanθ

so, what angle θ has tanθ = 1?

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