from the top of an apartment building the angle of depression to a car parked on the street below is 32° the car is parked at 90 feet from the base of the building find the height of the building to the nearest whole number of feet

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 from the top of an apartment building the angle of depression to a car parked on the street below is 32° the car is parked at 90 feet from the base of the building find the height of the building to the nearest whole number of feet
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By the given information we can construct triangle as below :

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AB=90 feetCAD=32°

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