APPLIED STATICS & STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
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Author: Limbrunner
Publisher: PEARSON C
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.31SP
The tower of a tower crane casts a shadow (on level ground) of 32 m when the sun is 55° above the horizon. What is the height of the tower?
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