Question

the angle of elevation from point A to the top of the press box is 49 digree. if point A is 400ft from the base of press box, how high is the press box?

Answer 1

Press box is 460.15 feet high.

Explanation:

From the picture attached,

Point A is 400 feet away from the press box.

Angle of elevation of point C is 49°.

By applying tangent rule in the given right triangle,

tan(49°) =
`\frac{\text{Opposite side}}{\text{Adjacent side}}`

tan(49°) =
`(BC)/(AB)`

BC = ABtan(49°)

BC = 400[tan(49°)]

BC = 460.15 ft

Therefore, press box is 460.15 feet high.