SOLUTION: The angle of elevation to the top of the Learning Resource Center (aka library) is found to be 45 degrees from the ground at a distance of 15 feet from the base of the building. Us

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Question 1157246: The angle of elevation to the top of the Learning Resource Center (aka library) is found to be 45 degrees from the ground at a distance of 15 feet from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the building.


Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
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The problem makes a gift for us in the form of the right angled isosceles triangle,


so the height of the Learning Resource Center (aka library) is equal to 15 feet.