Question

From the foot and the top of a building of height 230 m, a person observes the top of a tower with angles of elevation of b and a respectively. what is the distance between the top of these buildings if tan a = 5/12 and tan b = 4/5

Answer 1

using tan values you can calculate values x and h.

Then using Pythagoras therom you can find the distance between the two tops

Answer 2

The answer is in the attachment.

Hope this helps you.

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