I am having a little trouble figuring this problem out if someone could help I would appreciate it. Question: The angle of elevation to the top f a tree sighted from ground level is 19degrees. If the observer moves 60 ft closer, the angle of elevation from ground level to the top of the tree is 37degrees. Find the height of the tree. Round intermediate calculations t for decimal places and final answers to one decimal place. What is the height of the tree. Thank you.

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if you review the definition of the cotangent function, then you can see that with a height of h,

h cot19° - h cot37° = 60

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I am having a little trouble figuring this problem out if someone could help I would appreciate it. Question: The angle of elevation to the top f a tree sighted from ground level is 19degrees. If the observer moves 60 ft closer, the angle of elevation from ground level to the top of the tree is 37degrees. Find the height of the tree. Round intermediate calculations t for decimal places and final answers to one decimal place. What is the height of the tree. Thank you.

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if you review the definition of the cotangent function, then you can see that with a height of h,

h cot19° - h cot37° = 60

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if you review the definition of the cotangent function, then you can see that with a height of h, h cot19° - h cot37° = 60