Homework Help: trig

Posted by Princy on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:18pm.

The angle of elevation to the top of a very tall Building is found to be 9° from the ground at a distance of 1 mi from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the building.

trig - Steve, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 10:49am
1 mile = 5280 feet

h/5280 = tan 9°
h = 5280 * .15838
h = 836.24

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