Question

The angle of elevation to the top of the Empire State Building in New York is found to be 11 degrees from the ground at a distance of 1 mile from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the Empire State Building.

Answer 1

This is angle of elevation from the ground so we know we are looking up relative to the ground and that the building is on the ground also and is not tilted so we have a 90 degree triangle and we can use the trig laws

Answer 2

We have the side opposite to the angle and the side adjacent so as you already know the tangent law can be used to solve for the x

Answer 3

Tan11=x/1 ?

Answer 4

I figured it out, I had to convert 1 mile to 5280 ft

Answer 5

Awesome job

Answer 6

Thank you so much for helping me with my homework

Answer 7

Not a problem at all, anytime.