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
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