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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The length of the shadow of a building is 90 meters, as shown below: What is the height of the building?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (yttrium):

Use tangent function. tan 30 = h/90 hence h = 90tan30

OpenStudy (anonymous):

let me grab a calculator

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We have tanx=opposite side/adjacent side here tan30=(ht.of building)/(length of shadow) height of building=tan30*(length of shadow) ie..=90*tan30

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got 51.96

OpenStudy (yttrium):

correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks yttrium

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