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A building in a downtown business area casts a shadow that is 88 meters long. The straight-line distance from the top of the building to the end of the shadow it creates is at a 32° angle with the ground. What is the approximate height of the building?

 Sep 14, 2016
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We can use the tangentto solve this.......let h be the building height......and we have

 

tan (32) = h / 88    multiply both sides by 88

 

88 * tan (32)  = h  ≈  55 ft.

 

 

 

cool cool cool

 Sep 14, 2016

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