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Steve is looking up at Godzilla with an angle of elevation of 49 degrees. If Steve is 400 feet away, how tall is Godzilla to the nearest foot?

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Answer:

godzilla is 393 foot tall

Explanation:

User Nemenos
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Answer:

460 feet

Explanation:

The tangent relates the measures to the angle:

tan(angle of elevation) = (Godzilla height)/(distance away)

tan(49°) = (Godzilla height)/(400 ft)

Godzilla height = (400 ft)(tan(49°)) ≈ 460 ft

Godzilla is 460 feet tall.

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