Problema Solution
A 2 m tall person standing on the ground looks up at an angle of 34 o with the horizontal and sees the top of a tree and the top of a building aligned. The tree is 20 m away from the person, and the building is 51 m from the person.
What is the height of the building?
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What is the difference in heights of the building and the tree?
Answer provided by our tutors
the height of the building is
2 + 51*(tan(34)) = 36.4 m
the height of the tree is
2 + 20*(tan(34)) = 15.49 m
the difference in heights of the building and the tree is
36.4 - 15.49 = 20.91 m