At 8:00 am, a building casts a shadow 75 feet long. The angle where the ray from the sun met the ground is 50°. How tall is the building?

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Joseph Quinsey · Answer 1 · 2015-03-08T04:52:47+0000

the angle of elevation of shadow from building is 50 degrees
tan 50=height of building/length of shadow=h/75
h=75tan50=75(1.192)=89.38 feet
the height of the building is 89.38 feet

At 8:00 am, a building casts a shadow 75 feet long. The angle where the ray from the sun met the ground is 50°. How tall is the building?

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