a man, standing on top of a building that is 1,000 feet high, looks down with an angle of depression of 12 degrees, to the base of the building acrosss the street. How far apart are the buildings?
a man, standing on top of a building that is 1,000 feet high, looks down with an angle of depression of 12 degrees, to the base of the building acrosss the street. How far apart are the buildings?
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