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zepelin [54]
3 years ago
12

From a window 20 feet above the ground, the angle of elevation to the top of a building across

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Nikitich [7]3 years ago
8 0

Answer: The answer is 381.85 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that a window is 20 feet above the ground. From there, the angle of elevation to the top of a building across  the street is 78°, and the angle of depression to the base of the same building is 15°. We are to calculate the height of the building across the street.

This situation is framed very nicely in the attached figure, where

BG = 20 feet, ∠AWB = 78°, ∠WAB = WBG = 15° and AH = height of the bulding across the street = ?

From the right-angled triangle WGB, we have

\dfrac{WG}{WB}=\tan 15^\circ\\\\\\\Rightarrow \dfrac{20}{b}=\tan 15^\circ\\\\\\\Rightarrow b=\dfrac{20}{\tan 15^\circ},

and from the right-angled triangle WAB, we have'

\dfrac{AB}{WB}=\tan 78^\circ\\\\\\\Rightarrow \dfrac{h}{b}=\tan 15^\circ\\\\\\\Rightarrow h=\tan 78^\circ\times\dfrac{20}{\tan 15^\circ}\\\\\\\Rightarrow h=361.85.

Therefore, AH = AB + BH = h + GB = 361.85+20 = 381.85 feet.

Thus, the height of the building across the street is 381.85 feet.

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