You are in a tall building and from your window, you notice a window washer working on the building across the street from you. The building across the street is 70 feet away, and you measure the angle of depression to the building's base to be 36∘, and the angle of elevation to the window washer to be 36∘. The height of your window above the ground is? The height of the window washer above the ground is? in feet

Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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Chapter1: Trigonometric Functions
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Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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You are in a tall building and from your window, you notice a window washer working on the building across the street from you. The building across the street is 70 feet away, and you measure the angle of depression to the building's base to be 36∘, and the angle of elevation to the window washer to be 36∘.

The height of your window above the ground is?
The height of the window washer above the ground is?

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