SOLUTION: moody wants to find the height of the tallest building in his city. he stands 460 feet away from the building (at the vertex of the angle below). there is a tree 42 feet in front o

Question 1153700: moody wants to find the height of the tallest building in his city. he stands 460 feet away from the building (at the vertex of the angle below). there is a tree 42 feet in front of him, which he knows is 23 feet tall.
write and solve an equation to help determine the height of the building to the nearest foot.
http://prntscr.com/rea5s6 (i think i labeled it correctly)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The "460 ft" shown on the picture is labeling the wrong part. Otherwise, the way you described is not right.

Your picture is most likely needing to show two similar triangles, sharing an angle where Moody is standing. Smaller one, ground leg 42, height 23. Larger triangle, ground leg 460, height unknown of the building.

If height of building is y, then:
-------simplify, solve for y.
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