at the point 40 feet from the base of a building the angle of elevation to the top of the building is 55 degrees find the height of the building to the nearest whole foot

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johnweldon1993 · Answer

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so what you have....is an angle....a side adjacent to that angle....and what you WANT is the side OPPOSITE that angle.

Which trigonometric function uses the opposite and the adjacent...?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

so i use tan

anonymous · Answer

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Maybe this is the answer.., sorry if it wrong.., i also recently learned last week..^^"