SOLUTION: The largest doors in the world are located in the Vehicle Assembly Building near Cape Canaveral, Florida. If the angle of elevation from a point on the ground 199 ft from the ba

Question 1013846: The largest doors in the world are located in the Vehicle Assembly Building near Cape Canaveral, Florida.
If the angle of elevation from a point on the ground 199 ft from the base of the doors is 66.6�, how high are the doors?

Answer by ikleyn(52814) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The largest doors in the world are located in the Vehicle Assembly Building near Cape Canaveral, Florida.
If the angle of elevation from a point on the ground 199 ft from the base of the doors is 66.6�, how high are the doors?
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h = 199*tan(66.6�) = 199*2.311 = 459.85 ft =~ 260 ft

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