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Superman is standing on a building 60 meters away from a taller skyscraper. Superman has super math skills, and sees that the angle of elevation to the top of the skyscraper is 37 degrees. He looks down to the bottom of the skyscraper and sees that the angle of depression is 53 degrees. How tall is the skyscraper?

 May 16, 2019
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The height of the skyscraper  is given by

 

60( tan 53  + tan 37)  ≈  124.8 ft

 

 

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 May 16, 2019

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