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A person standing on level ground is 2,000 feet away from the foot of a 420-foot-tall building, a shown in the zccompanying diagram, to the nearest degree, what is the value of x?
 Mar 29, 2012
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   A person standing on level ground is 2,000 feet away from the foot of a 420-foot-tall building,     

   a shown in the zccompanying diagram, to the nearest degree, what is the value of x?     

 

   There is no accompanying diagram shown, but I think I can     

   tell what "X" means.  I'm guessing it's the angle of elevation.     

   If there was a diagram, the solution would be obvious.     

 

   tangent  =  opposite over adjacent     

 

   tan(x)  =  420 / 2000     

   tan(x)  =  0.21000     

   tan–1(0.21000)  =  11.86o     

   .     

 Apr 30, 2026

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