document.write( "Question 1194209: A building is 50 feet high. At a distance away from the building, an observer notices that the angle of elevation to the top of the building is 41º.\r
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document.write( "Recall the definition of the tangent function and write\r\n" );
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document.write( "    tan(41°) = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "where x is the distance under the problem's question.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this equation, find   x =  =  = 57.52 ft.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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