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While fishing on a lake, the fisherman looks up at a cliff. His boat is 23 ft from the base of the cliff, and the angle of elevation is 40 degrees. Find the height of the cliff to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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h/23 = tan 40
h = 23tan40
= ....

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