MY NOTESASK YOUR TEACHERA 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 53°. She ridesthe elevator up three floors (60 feet) and finds that the angle of elevation to the top of the building across the street is 31°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to thenearest 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 539. 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 31°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.)

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 539. 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 31°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.)

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305652224

Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Publisher:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Chapter7: Triangles

Section7.1: The Law Of Sines

Problem 52PS: Gina is standing near a building and notices that the angle of elevation to the top of the building...

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