SOLUTION: Kayson is looking at two buildings, building A and building B, at an angle of elevation of 40°. Building A is 120 feet away, and building B is 60 feet away. Which building is tall
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Question 1176247: Kayson is looking at two buildings, building A and building B, at an angle of elevation of 40°. Building A is 120 feet away, and building B is 60 feet away. Which building is taller and by approximately how many feet?
Building A; it is around 100.69 feet taller than building B
Building A; it is around 50.34 feet taller than building B
Building B; it is around 100.69 feet taller than building A
Building B; it is around 50.34 feet taller than building A Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
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Draw this and the building that is further away is taller if they both have the same angle of elevation.
tan 40=height/120 for A and height = 120 tan 40 or 100.69 feet
and same divided by 60 for B and height is 60 tan 40 or 50.34 feet
