A water tower is located 325ft from a building. From a window on the 10th floor, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 39 degrees and the angle of depression to the bottom of the tower is 25 degrees. What is the height of the water tower, and how tall is each floor?
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 water tower is located 325ft from a building. From a window on the 10th floor, the
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