From a window 20m above the ground, a person could see the top of the house across the street at an angle of elevation of 5 degr

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From a window 20m above the ground, a person could see the top of the house across the street at an angle of elevation of 5 degr

ees. The angle of depression to the base of the house was 15 degrees. What is the height of the house?
if u can draw an illustration, thanks

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makkiz [27] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-30T20:45:14+03:00

makkiz [27]3 years ago

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The answer is 26.53 m, since you’d have to use trig to find the length of the ground, then calculate the top of the house using tan, then add 20m to the length of the top of the house, which is 6.53 m.