Is it possible to measure the height of a mountain with measuring tape?

Measure the elevation. You can measure with Trigonometry

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drymer · 56-60, M Best Comment

drymer · 56-60, M

@drymer Thanks for BA 🙃

Abstraction · 61-69, M

You can measure the height of anything based on triangles. Sadly, what was once on of the the tallest trees in the world in Australia in the 1800s was cut down by a farmer so he could measure it.

Tennessean · 31-35, F

@Abstraction Using trigonometry

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@Tennessean Yeah, that's the one. Haven't had to use it since school that I recall. Neither have my kids with PhDs, because I asked them one day. But my other son - the computer games programmer - uses a lot of physics and maths things. So he spoke up and said yes. How did you use it? Him: I used trigonometry to calculate the camera position for a satellite in orbit around a planet, for instance.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

No, but according to my high school math teacher you can use trig. lol

Tennessean · 31-35, F

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I already knew that. I was wondering if there's an alternative.

Tennessean · 31-35, F

Mountains are mostly measured with trigonometry.

kawasaki · 31-35, F

You could use an inch worm and a protractor.

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Tennessean · 31-35, F

@SW-User Mountains are measured with trigonometry

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