The length of the shadow of a building is 120 meters as shown below.

What is the height of the building?

a. 325.24 m
b. 240 m
c. 120 m
d. 207.84 m

Question

The length of the shadow of a building is 120 meters as shown below.

What is the height of the building?

a. 325.24 m
b. 240 m
c. 120 m
d. 207.84 m

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

this one just went in to the pile i keep for bad math questions
not that you made a mistake, just that whoever wrote this question thinks a 60 degree angle is the same as a 45 degree angle!

anonymous · Answer

ratios of a 30 60 90 right triangle are $1:\sqrt{3}:2$ the picture should look like this |dw:1379731014698:dw|

anonymous · Answer

multiply 120 by $\sqrt{3}$ and round your answer

anonymous · Answer

go with 207.84 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=120sqrt%283%29