Joe is standing on the rooftop of a building that is 100 feet tall.

He looks up to a bird on top of the building next door

The building is 30 feet away from his building. (horizontal distance)

If Joe's angle of elevation to the bird is 32.2º, how far is the bird from the ground?

1 answer

bird height above building = 30 ft * tan(32.2º)

add in Joe's rooftop height