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Jorge is standing at a horizontal distance of 25 feet away from a building. his eye level is 5.5 feet above the ground and looking up he notices a window washer on the side of the building at an angle of elevation of 65, how high is the window washer above the ground

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Find x using SOHCAHTOA
tan65 =x/25
x=25tan65
x=53.613ft
Answer is (5.5+53.613)ft
=59.113ft
Jorge is standing at a horizontal distance of 25 feet away from a building. his eye-example-1
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