SOLUTION: Abby is standing at the top of a very tall skyscraper and looking through a telescope at the scenery all around her. The angle looking down on the telescope says 35 ° and A

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Question 1196080: Abby is standing at the top of a very tall skyscraper and looking through a telescope at the scenery all around her. The angle looking down on the telescope says
35
°
and Abby knows she is 30 floors up and each floor is 15 feet tall. How far from the base of the building is the object that Abby is looking at? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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Draw the figure of the description.
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tan%2835%29=450%2Fx, and you want to solve x.