Question

The angle of elevation to the top of a 30-story skyscraper is measured to be 4º from a point on the ground 2,500 feet from the building. What is the height of the skyscraper to the nearest hundredth foot?

Answer 1

@Agl202

Answer 2

HELP

Answer 3

@jtvatsim

Answer 4

@Astrophysics

Answer 5

Drawing

Answer 6

with respect to the 4 degree angle, the h is the opposite side, the 2500 is the adjacent side



which trig function ties together those two sides?

Answer 7

tangent?

Answer 8

yep

tan = opp/adj

Answer 9

tan(4) = h/2500

solve for h

Answer 10

174.81?

Answer 11

I got 174.817029858777

so if you round to 2 decimal places, then it would be 174.82

Answer 12

YAY THANK YOU!

Answer 13

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