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 48°. 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 35°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.)

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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 48°. 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 35°. How tall is the building across the street? (Round to the nearest foot.)

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