SOLUTION: a building casts a shadow 40 ft long when the sun's angle of elevation is 58 degrees. Find the height of the building.
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Question 358367: a building casts a shadow 40 ft long when the sun's angle of elevation is 58 degrees. Find the height of the building.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a building casts a shadow 40 ft long when the sun's angle of elevation is 58 degrees. Find the height of the building.
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let the height of building be x
tan(58 degrees) = x/40
1.60033453 = x/40
x = 1.60033453 * 40
x = 64.01 feet
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