A photographer points a camera at a window in a nearby building forming an angle of 44deg with the camera platform. If the camera is 56m from the building, how high above the platform is the window, to the nearest hundredth?

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johnweldon1993 · Answer

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So you have an angle.....a side ADJACENT to that angle....and you want the side OPPOSITE to that angle.

Which trigonometric function uses the adjacent and the opposite side?

anonymous · Answer

ok so tan 44 = x/56
tan .9657*56
54.08

Thank You much for the drawing... the visual help a lot

johnweldon1993 · Answer

That is correct! and no problem!