SOLUTION: An aerial photograph from a U-2 spy plane is taken of a building suspected of housing nuclear warheads. When the photograph is taken, the angle of elevation of the sun is 26∘

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Question 1077120: An aerial photograph from a U-2 spy plane is taken of a building suspected of housing nuclear warheads. When the photograph is taken, the angle of elevation of the sun is 26∘
26 degrees. By comparing the shadow cast by the building in question to the shadows of other objects of known size in the photograph, scientists determine that the shadow of the building in question is 63 feet long. How tall is the building?
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An aerial photograph from a U-2 spy plane is taken of a building suspected of housing nuclear warheads. When the photograph is taken, the angle of elevation of the sun is 26∘
26 degrees. By comparing the shadow cast by the building in question to the shadows of other objects of known size in the photograph, scientists determine that the shadow of the building in question is 63 feet long. How tall is the building?
Sketch the picture.
You have a right triangle with ground angle = 26 deg and base = 63'
Find the height.
Equation;
h = 63*tan(26) = 38.73' high
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Stan H.
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