the angle of elevation to the top of a building in new york is 6° from the ground and 2 miles from the base of the building. use this information to calculate the height of the building.



Answer :

The height of building is 0.2 miles.

The given points form a right angled triangle. Top of the building to base of building is the perpendicular, base of building to the angle of elevation is base and angle of elevation to top of the building is hypotenuse. So, considering this, tan of angle of elevation related the two sides of triangle as follows -

tan theta = perpendicular ÷ base

tan 6° = perpendicular ÷ 2

Perpendicular = 2 × tan 6°

Keep the value of tan 6°

Perpendicular = 2 × 0.1

Performing multiplication

Perpendicular = 0.2 miles

Hence, the height of the building is 0.2 miles.

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