Question

PLEASE HELP I DONT GET THIS AND MY MOM IS MAD AT ME

A person is looking from a car to the top of a building. The angle of elevation to the top of the building from the car is 32°. The building is 200 feet away. How tall is the building? Round to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

132.2 ft

Explanation:

This is a right angle problem where 32 is the angle and 200 feet is the leg unederneath. To solve for the height we use tangent since we have the adjacent side and we are solving for the opposite side.

Steps:

1. tan32 = x/200

2. (tan32)200=x

3. x=132.2 ft