A woman entering an outside glass elevator on the ground floor of a hotel glances up to the top of the building across the street and notices that the angle of elevation is 55°. She rides the elevator up three floors (60 feet) and finds that the angle of elevation to the top of the building across the street is 33°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.) ft
A woman entering an outside glass elevator on the ground floor of a hotel glances up to the top of the building across the street and notices that the angle of elevation is 55°. She rides the elevator up three floors (60 feet) and finds that the angle of elevation to the top of the building across the street is 33°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.) ft
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A woman entering an outside glass elevator on the ground floor of a hotel glances up to the top of the building across the
street and notices that the angle of elevation is 55°. She rides the elevator up three floors (60 feet) and finds that the
angle of elevation to the top of the building across the street is 33°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to
the nearest foot.)
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A woman entering an outside glass elevator on the ground floor of a hotel glances up to the top of the building across the
street and notices that the angle of elevation is 55°. She rides the elevator up three floors (60 feet) and finds that the
angle of elevation to the top of the building across the street is 33°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to
the nearest foot.)
ft
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