document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=881088>Question 881088</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 	An engineer on the ground is looking at the top of a building. The angle of elevation to the top of a building is 38°. The engineer knows the building is 300 ft tall. What is the distance from the engineer to the base of the building to the nearest whole foot? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The angle of elevation to the top of a building is 38°.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The engineer knows the building is 300 ft tall.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What is the distance from the engineer to the base of the building to the nearest whole foot?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let d = dist to the building<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the tangent of the angle of 38, where side op = 300; side adjacent = d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(38) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=300%2Fd ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"300%2Fd\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( ".7813 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=300%2Fd ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"300%2Fd\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "mult by both sides by d<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".7813d = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=300%2F.7813 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"300%2F.7813\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 384 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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