Problema Solution

To measure the height of a building, a surveyor sets up his transit at a distance of 112.2 ft. from the building. He finds the angle of elevation of the top of the building to be 48 degrees 17 minutes. If the telescope of the transit is 5 feet above the base of the building, how high is the building?

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Height of building = 5 + 112.2 tan (48 degree 17 minutes)

                             = 130.86 feet