Homework Help: geometry

Posted by rebecca on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 12:37pm.

Wendy spots a pizza delivery car as she is looking down at a 15° angle from the top of her apartment building, which is 145 ft tall. How far away is the car from the base of the building? Round to the nearest hundredth.

geometry - Reiny, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 1:28pm
looks like a straight-forward right-angled triangle trig question.

tan75° = x/145
x = 145tan75
= 541.15
geometry - Anonymous, Monday, December 17, 2012 at 8:38am
thanks dude :)

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