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A firefighter climbs a ladder from the ground to the top of a building. The angle of elevation of the ladder is 34 and the distance between the base of the ladder and the building is 15 ft. What is the height of the building and the length of the ladder? Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.

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you use tan34=x/15
so x=15*tan(34degrees)
x=10.12 ft
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