Question
Two buildings of equal height are 850 feet apart. An observer on the street between the buildings measures the angles of elevation to the tops of the buildings as 29° and 40°. How high, to the nearest foot, are the buildings?
I don't know how to set this up
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Answers
Anonymous
x and 850 -x
tan 29 = h/x so x = 1.804 h
tan 40 = h/(850-x)= .8391
h = (850 -1.804h)(.8391)
tan 29 = h/x so x = 1.804 h
tan 40 = h/(850-x)= .8391
h = (850 -1.804h)(.8391)