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Find the height of the building to the nearest foot.

Find the height of the building to the nearest foot.-example-1
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In this problem we can use the trigonometric identities to find the hight so we can use the sin identiti:


\sin (\theta)=(oposite)/(hypothenus)

So in our problem will be:


\sin (63)=(x)/(220)

and we solve for x so:


\begin{gathered} 220\sin (63)=x \\ 196=x \end{gathered}

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