Question

A man on the fifth floor of a building shouts down to a person on the street. If the angle of elevation from the street to the man in the building is 35° and the man in the building is 40 feet up, about how far away from the building is the person on the street?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer: 57 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The angle of elevation from the street to the man in the building=

If the man in the building is 40 feet up.

From the given , we make a diagram in which  is a right triangle, such that

Let AB=40 feet

Then

Hence, the distance of the person on the street  from the building is 57 feet

Answer 2

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