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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Joel is walking down a street and sees a 115 ft tall building in front of him. He stops 190 feet from the base of the building at the tip of the building's shadow. Round answers to three decimal places. A. If there was a piece of rope from the top of the building to Joel, how long would it be? B. What is the angle of elevation from Joel to the top of the building? C. Margaret says that she could find the angle of depression from the top of the building to Joel by subtracting the angle of elevation from 90° Im so confused right now can someone please help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A. Apply the Pythagorean theorem. B. ArcTan(115/190) C. Angle of elevation equals the angle of depression from the building's top.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks :)

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