James walks by a building and decides that he would like to know the height of the building. in order to figure out the height of the building james makes a few computations. Specifically, when James is a distance of x feet from the building there is an angle of elevation of 50 degrees from james eyes to the top of the building. when james is a distance of x + 100 feet from the building there is an angle of elevation 30 degrees from jame's eyes to the top of the building. if James's eyes are 6 feet above the ground and the building is perpendicular to the ground what is the height of the bu

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James walks by a building and decides that he would like to know the height of the building.  in order to figure out the height of the building james makes a few computations.  Specifically, when James is a distance of x feet from the building there is an angle of elevation of 50 degrees from james eyes to the top of the building. when james is a distance of x + 100 feet from the building there is an angle of elevation 30 degrees from jame's eyes to the top of the building.  if James's eyes are 6 feet above the ground and the building is perpendicular to the ground what is the height of the bu

mathmale · Answer

I'd strongly suggest that you sketch this situation, showing x, x+100, James' height,  the ground and the top of the building.  Use the Draw feature, below.

anonymous · Answer

yeah it didn't let me finish writing, i've drawn it out like so |dw:1397531166084:dw|

anonymous · Answer

problem is
how do i work with that, theres no real sides given :/

mathmale · Answer

|dw:1397531616284:dw|  Good start.