SOLUTION: Sighting the top of a building, a surveyor measured the angle of a elevation to be 60 degrees. The measurement is taken 200 feet from the building find the building's height. Expre

Question 848102: Sighting the top of a building, a surveyor measured the angle of a elevation to be 60 degrees. The measurement is taken 200 feet from the building find the building's height. Express your answer in terms of and then round to two decimal places.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sighting the top of a building, a surveyor measured the angle of a elevation to be 60 degrees. The measurement is taken 200 feet from the building find the building's height. Express your answer in terms of ? and then round to two decimal places.
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Draw the picture::
You have a right triangle::
base angle = 60 degrees
base = 200 ft
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Equation:
height = 200*tan(60)
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height = 346.41
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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