1. The angle of elevation from the top of one building to another is 26 degrees. If the shorter building is 400 feet tall and buildings are 1500 feet apart, how tall is the other building?
We can use the tangent to find this...........
tan 26° = (400 + h) / 1500 where (400 + h) is the height of the taller building
Multiply both sides by 1500
1500 tan 26° = 400 + h
1500 tan 26° - 400 = h ≈ 331.6 ft
So the height of the taller building is 731.6 ft