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Nisha is looking out the window of her apartment building at a sculpture in a park across the street. The top of Nisha's window is 80 feet from the ground. The angle of depression from the top of Nisha's window to the bottom of the sculpture is 20°. How far away from the building is the sculpture? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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Answer:

219.80 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Tan 20= 80/b

Tan 20= 0.363970234266

(0.363970234266)b=80

b= 219.80 feet

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The distance between the sculpture and the bottom of the building is required.

The distance between the building and sculpture is 219.80 feet.

Trigonometry

[tex]\theta[/tex] = Angle of depression = Angle of elevation = [tex]20^{\circ}[/tex]

p = Height of building = 80 feet

b = Required length

From the trigonometric ratios we have

[tex]\tan\theta=\dfrac{p}{b}\\\Rightarrow b=\dfrac{p}{\tan\theta}\\\Rightarrow b=\dfrac{80}{\tan 20}\\\Rightarrow b=219.80\ \text{feet}[/tex]

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