A 33-m tall building casts a shadow. The distance from the top of the building to the tip of the shadow is 37-m.
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check the picture below.
make sure your calculator is in Degree mode.
now, Charlie's eyes are 5.2' from the ground, however the distance from his eyes over the horizontal and the ground over the horizontal, is the same, so taking the tan(32°) at his eyes level will give that horizontal distance.
