A hiker wants to know the height of a cliff. She finds that the angle of elevation from her current position to the top of the cliff is 24.6 degrees. She then hikes 171 feet towards the cliff (in a straight line) and finds that the angle of elevation from her new position is 57.6 degrees. How tall is the cliff?
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
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