Given the elevation, find height using trigonometry

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Can anyone help solve the following quickly please ?:

  • A surveyor standing on a horizontal plain can see a volcano i the distance.
  • The angle of elevation of the top of the volcano i $23$ degrees.
  • If the surveyor moves $750$ m closer, the angle of elevation is now $37$ degrees.

Determine the height of the volcano using trigonometry.

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By simple trigonometric rules, you need to solve the system for h=height and d=distance

$$\begin{cases}\frac{h}{d}=\tan 23°\\\\\frac{h}{d-750}=\tan 37°\end{cases}$$

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