Question

The length of the shadow of a building is 120 meters, as shown below:

What is the height of the building?

325.24 m
240 m
120 m
207.84 m

Answer 1

207.8

Answer 2

4th answer im positive

Answer 3

We can use tangent.

\(\sf Tangent = \dfrac{Opposite}{Adjacent}\)

Plug in what we know:

\(\sf tan(60^o) = \dfrac{x}{120}\)

Plug in tan 60 degrees:

\(\sf 1.73205081 = \dfrac{x}{120}\)

Multiply 120 to both sides, what's 1.73205081 * 120?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

207.84

Answer 6

Yep, you got it.

Answer 7

Thank you guys

Answer 8

sorry @iGreen. my bad

Answer 9

It's okay, just don't do it anymore.

Answer 10

ok