Question

Michelle is 60 feet away from a building. The angle of elevation to the top of the building is 41°. How tall is the building?

Answer 1

The building is `9.64 ft`

Explanation:

Use the tangent function to calculate the value of `h`

`tan41^o = h/60`

`60tan41^o = h`

`60(0.1606) = h`

`9.64 = h`