An engineer on the ground is looking at the top of a building.The angle of elevation to the top of the building is 46 degrees. The engineer knows the building is 250 ft tall. What is the distance from the engineer to the base of the building to the nearest whole foot.

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vocaloid · Answer

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vocaloid · Answer

tan(46) = 250/x, solve for x

vocaloid · Answer

make sure your calculator is in degree mode

anonymous · Answer

tan 46 = 1.035530313791? Right?
So 250 / 1.035530313791 ... is about 241
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jdoe0001 · Answer

its about 241.42219370176851148951
so yes, about 241 :)