document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=180767>Question 180767</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> an apartment building casts a shadow. From the tip of the shadow to the top of the building is 100 m. The tip of the shadow is 72 m from the base of the building? How tall is the building?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thnakyou </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture and label the height of the building \"x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pythagoras or use trigonometry if you know it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "100^2 = 72^2 + x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 10000 - 5184<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 4816<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 69.40 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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