SOLUTION: Kayson is looking at two buildings, building A and building B, at an angle of elevation of 40°. Building A is 120 feet away, and building B is 60 feet away. Which building is tall

Question 1176247: Kayson is looking at two buildings, building A and building B, at an angle of elevation of 40°. Building A is 120 feet away, and building B is 60 feet away. Which building is taller and by approximately how many feet?
Building A; it is around 100.69 feet taller than building B
Building A; it is around 50.34 feet taller than building B
Building B; it is around 100.69 feet taller than building A
Building B; it is around 50.34 feet taller than building A
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Second choice.
Draw this and the building that is further away is taller if they both have the same angle of elevation.
tan 40=height/120 for A and height = 120 tan 40 or 100.69 feet
and same divided by 60 for B and height is 60 tan 40 or 50.34 feet
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