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A building cast a shadow on the ground that makes an angle of elevation of 56° from the end

of the shadow to the top of the building. The shadow is 120 feet long. What is the height of
the building?

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120*tan(56 degrees)= 177.90747697158408. That is the height of the building.
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just draw a triangle if you don't understand
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