you are standing 40m from the base of a tree leaning 8 degree from the vertical away from you. the angle o elevation from your feet to the top of the tree is 20 seconds and 50 minutes find the height of the tree.

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assuming you meant 20°50' and not 20"50', draw the diagram, filling in the angles. Use the law of sines to find h:

40/sin61°10' = h/sin20°50'