If the distance from the top of a building to the tip of its shadow is 150 feet and the sun makes a 75 degree angle with the wall as shown in the image below, what is the length of the shadow?

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directrix · Answer

I'm thinking that this is a right triangle trig problem.

With the information, sin(75 degrees) = x / 150 because sine of an acute angle of a right triangle is defined to be the ratio of the opposite leg length to the hypotenuse length.

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