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Sasha is outside of a building. She sees Thomas on the 4th floor at an angle of elevation (from ground level) of 48°. She then sees Sebastian on the 9th floor at an angle of elevation of 67°. If Thomas is 52 feet from ground level, what is the distance from Thomas to Sebastian?

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Answer:

48.40

Explanation:

I did the math with a tutor, its basically the same answer as the person who answered above but one number is different; could've been a typo on her part.

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Answer: The distance from Thomas to Sebastian is 58.39 feet

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Sasha is outside of a building. She sees Thomas on the 4th floor at an angle of elevation-example-1
Sasha is outside of a building. She sees Thomas on the 4th floor at an angle of elevation-example-2
Sasha is outside of a building. She sees Thomas on the 4th floor at an angle of elevation-example-3
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