Mr. Jameson is walking toward his nine-story hotel and stops to look up to the top of the building. The angle of elevation to the top of the hotel is 40°. If the height of the hotel is 108 feet, about how far away is Mr. Jameson from the hotel?

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anonymous · Answer

You can turn this into a trig problem:
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You know the opposite leg of the triangle, so you should be able to use the tangent of the angle to calculate the adjacent leg. Do you know how that works, or do you need help figuring that out?

pixiedust1 · Answer

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