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At a point 125 feet from the base of a building, the angle of elevation to the third floor is 22°. What is the height of the third floor?A 53.9 feetB 14,124 feetC. 50.5 feetD. 333.3 feet

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From the problem statement, we can draw the triangle shows below:

H is the height of the building we will solve for.

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\begin{gathered} \tan 22=(H)/(125) \\ H=125\tan 22 \\ H=50.5\text{ f}eet \end{gathered}AnswerC
At a point 125 feet from the base of a building, the angle of elevation to the third-example-1
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