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5. A little girl is watching planes take off of the runway from a building's rooftop 400 meters away from the airport. If the height of the building is 40 meters and the girl snaps a photo of a plane at a 24° angle of elevation, what is the altitude, or vertical height, of the plane when the photo is taken?

5. A little girl is watching planes take off of the runway from a building's rooftop 400 meters away from the airport. If the height of the building is 40 meters and the girl snaps a photo of a plane at a 24° angle of elevation, what is the altitude, or vertical height, of the plane when the photo is taken?

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5. A little girl is watching planes take off of the runway from a building's rooftop 400 meters away from the airport. If the height of the building is 40 meters and the girl snaps a photo of a plane at a 24° angle of elevation, what is the altitude, or vertical height, of the plane when the photo is taken?
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