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Sighting the top of a building, a surveyor measured the angle of elevation tobe 22°. The transit is 5 feet above the ground and 300 feet from the building. Find the building’s height.

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter6: The Trigonometric Functions

Section6.7: Applied Problems

Problem 26E

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