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Andy measured the angle between the base of the building and the top of the building and received a reading of 0.5 degrees. If Andy was 5000 feet from the base of the building when the measurement was made, how high was the building?
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw the picture.
\n" ); document.write( "tangent(0.5)=[building ht/5000]
\n" ); document.write( "building ht = 5000(tan0.5)=43.63 ft.
\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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