Solution

Solution

From your measurements, you know , , and . You want to determine what and are.

... first you need to use the correct angles. The ones listed in the problem are just what was read off the protractor. Because a reading of on the protractor corresponds to an elevation angle of , you must subtract the angle you read off the protractor from .

The angles should be:

Now to calculate ...

substituting for in the first equation:

Then substitute to get ...

Note this is the elevation relative to your measuring position, not relative to sea level, as you would find on a map. Comparing this answer to South Sister's elevation relative to sea level though, can tell you that you measured this data from about 1800 meters above sea level...