A photographer points a camera at a window in a nearby building forming an angle of 44° with the camera platform. If the camera is 56 m from the building, how high above the platform is the window, to the nearest hundredth?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-18T01:41:59

Height of window from the platform #= 54.08m#

Let x be the distance of camera from the building and y the height of window from platform and #theta# angle of elevation.

#x = 56 m, theta = 44^@, y = ?#

#y/x = tan theta#

#y = x * tan theta = 56 * tan 44#

#y = 54.08m#