Chapter 3, 4
The press box at a baseball park is 40.5 ft above the ground. A reporter in the press box looks at an angle of 15.1 ∘ below the horizontal to see second base.
What is the horizontal distance from the press box to second base?
Express your answer using three significant figures.
angle is 15.1o
tan 15.1 = height / base
base = height / tan 15.1
= 40.5 / tan 15.1
= 150.1 ft from the base
Chapter 3, 4 The press box at a baseball park is 40.5 ft above the ground....