A woman entering an outside glass elevator on the ground floor of a hotel glances up to the top of, the building across the street and notices that the angle of elevation is 53°. She rides the elevator up three floors (60 feet) and finds that the angle of elevation to the top of the building across the street is 31°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.) ft Need Help? Read It Watch it

A woman entering an outside glass elevator on the ground floor of a hotel glances up to the top of, the building across the street and notices that the angle of elevation is 53°. She rides the elevator up three floors (60 feet) and finds that the angle of elevation to the top of the building across the street is 31°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.) ft Need Help? Read It Watch it

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305652224

Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Publisher:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Chapter7: Triangles

Section7.1: The Law Of Sines

Problem 52PS: Gina is standing near a building and notices that the angle of elevation to the top of the building...

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