SOLUTION: can some one please help me with this word problem I have no idea about this one!! The angle of elevation to the top of a building from a point on the gound 30 yards from its ba

Question 911341: can some one please help me with this word problem I have no idea about this one!!
The angle of elevation to the top of a building from a point on the gound 30 yards from its base is 37 degrees. Find the height of the building to the nearest yard.
Answer by ichigo449(30) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To begin use your greatest tool in math: DRAW A PICTURE

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Now the solution becomes clear. The height of the building is computable from the tangent of the angle of elevation. Explicitly,let h be the height of the building, then tan(37)= h/30 so h = 30tan(37) = 22.607.
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