document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=911341>Question 911341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can some one please help me with this word problem I have no idea about this one!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The angle of elevation to the top of a building from a point on the gound 30 yards from its base is 37 degrees.  Find the height of the building to the nearest yard. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Now the solution becomes clear. The height of the building is computable from the tangent of the angle of elevation. Explicitly,let h be the height of the building, then tan(37)= h/30 so h = 30tan(37) = 22.607.  </SPAN>\n" );
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