document.write( "Question 1204257: From a second-storey window directly across the street, the angle of elevation of the top of an office building in Makati is 57° 20' and the angle of depression of the base is 18° 10'. If the buildings are 38 m. apart, what is the height of the building? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The height of the building is  38*tan(57° 20') + 38*tan(18° 10') meters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You calculate the rest.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you need explanations, make a sketch and recall the definition of the tangent function.\r\n" );
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