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If an observer is 200 ft from a building and the angle of elevationto the top of a building is 60°,what is the height of the building?
recall that the sides of a 30-60-90 triangle are in the ratio 1:√3:2

You have a side of 200ft opposite the 30° angle, so it is the shortest side.

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