(Round your answer to 4 significant figures).

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(Round your answer to 4 significant figures).
Transcribed Image Text:(Round your answer to 4 significant figures).
A surveyor wants to calculate the height of a building measures the angle of elevation
as 30° at point A. He then walks 10 metres closer to the building at point B and
measures the angle of elevation as 40°.
i)
A<
30°
10 m
B
40°
y
D
Pole
h
с
Find the distance from point A to the base of the building at point C (length
AC).
Transcribed Image Text:A surveyor wants to calculate the height of a building measures the angle of elevation as 30° at point A. He then walks 10 metres closer to the building at point B and measures the angle of elevation as 40°. i) A< 30° 10 m B 40° y D Pole h с Find the distance from point A to the base of the building at point C (length AC).
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Find the heighth of the building using the angle of 40° and y found in part i).
(Round your answer to 4 significant figures).
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