What is a real world application of cotangent?

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What is a real world application of cotangent?

What is a real world application of cotangent (cot x)? Please give a detailed discription

2006-10-28 12:06:39 · 1 answers · asked by shottundercover 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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A 50' high water tower is 30' away from your feet. What is the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the water tower, using the point at your feet as the vertex of the angle?

Cotangent of the angle = side adj/side opp = 30/50.

2006-10-28 12:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by teacher2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋