Asked by Jeremiah C

From her eye, which stands 1.75 meters above the ground, Myesha measures the angle of elevation to the top of a prominent skyscraper to be 19degrees

. If she is standing at a horizontal distance of 337 meters from the base of the skyscraper, what is the height of the skyscraper? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a meter if necessary.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let H be the skyscraper height. Then H − 1.75 = 337·tan(19°). So

H = 1.75 + 337·tan(19°) ≈ 1.75 + 337·0.3443276133 ≈ 117.79 m.

The skyscraper is approximately 117.79 meters tall.