A man standing on top of a building 60.0 feet tall is looking at the building next door. He notices the angle of depression to the bottom of the building next door is 63.2°, while the angle of elevation to the top of the building is 20.3°. How tall is the building next door?
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
A man standing on top of a building 60.0 feet tall is looking at the building next door. He notices the
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