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An employee looks out his office window at a factory across the street. He estimates his office building and the factory building are 60 ft apart,the angle of depression to the base of the factory is 62 degrees,and the angle of elevation to the top of the factory building is 23 degrees.
How high above the ground is the employee's office window?
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Can someone help me with this problem? THANK YOU!
An employee looks out his office window at a factory across the street. He estimates his office building and the factory building are 60 ft apart,the angle of depression to the base of the factory is 62 degrees,and the angle of elevation to the top of the factory building is 23 degrees.
How high above the ground is the employee's office window? 
Height of office window from the ground: 

This is based on the 62o angle-of-depression, being from the window to the base of the factory 

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