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Question Number 214183 by jlewis last updated on 30/Nov/24
a) The angle of elevation from a point A to the  top of building 5m away is 45°. Another point  B is 4m from A. By scale drawing determine.  i) the angles of elevation from point B  ii)the height of the building  b) A man who is in the elevator half way the  building notices a lorry approaching the  building at an angle of depression 20°. How  far is the lorry from the foot of the building?
$$\left.\mathrm{a}\right)\:\mathrm{The}\:\mathrm{angle}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{elevation}\:\mathrm{from}\:\mathrm{a}\:\mathrm{point}\:\mathrm{A}\:\mathrm{to}\:\mathrm{the} \\ $$$$\mathrm{top}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{building}\:\mathrm{5m}\:\mathrm{away}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{45}°.\:\mathrm{Another}\:\mathrm{point} \\ $$$$\mathrm{B}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{4m}\:\mathrm{from}\:\mathrm{A}.\:\mathrm{By}\:\mathrm{scale}\:\mathrm{drawing}\:\mathrm{determine}. \\ $$$$\left.\mathrm{i}\right)\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{angles}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{elevation}\:\mathrm{from}\:\mathrm{point}\:\mathrm{B} \\ $$$$\left.\mathrm{ii}\right)\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{height}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{building} \\ $$$$\left.\mathrm{b}\right)\:\mathrm{A}\:\mathrm{man}\:\mathrm{who}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{in}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{elevator}\:\mathrm{half}\:\mathrm{way}\:\mathrm{the} \\ $$$$\mathrm{building}\:\mathrm{notices}\:\mathrm{a}\:\mathrm{lorry}\:\mathrm{approaching}\:\mathrm{the} \\ $$$$\mathrm{building}\:\mathrm{at}\:\mathrm{an}\:\mathrm{angle}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{depression}\:\mathrm{20}°.\:\mathrm{How} \\ $$$$\mathrm{far}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{lorry}\:\mathrm{from}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{foot}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{building}? \\ $$

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