Question

The angle that is formed by the ground and the line that connects the tip of the shadow of a building and the tip of the building is 75°. the distance from the tip of the shadow to the bottom of the building is 50 ft. what is the height of the building

Answer 1

Using tan, we have:

`tan(75^o)=\cfrac{H}{50}\\ \\ \Rightarrow H=50tan(75^o)\approx186.6 ft`