Question

One of the tallest buildings in a country is topped by a high antenna. The angle of elevation from the position of a surveyor on the ground to the top of the building is 34​°, the distance from her position to the top of the building is 2475 ​feet, and the distance from her position to the top of the antenna is 2615 feet.​(a) How far away from the base of the building is the surveyor​ located?​(b) How tall is the​ building?​(c) What is the angle of elevation from the surveyor to the top of the​ antenna?​(d) How tall is the​ antenna?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. distance of the surveyor to the base of the building = 2051.90 ft

b. height of the building = 1384 ft

c. Angle of elevation from the surveyor to the top of the antenna = 38.31°

d. Height of antenna  =  237.08 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

​The picture above is a illustration of the described event.

a = the height of the flag

b = the height of the building

c = distance of the surveyor from the base of the building

the angle of elevation from the position of the surveyor on the ground to the top of the building = 34°  

distance from her position to the top of the building  = 2475 ft

distance from her position to the top of the flag  = 2615 ft

​(a) How far away from the base of the building is the surveyor​ located?​

using the SOHCAHTOA principle

cos 34° = c/2475

c =  0.8290375726  × 2475

c = 2051.8679921

c = 2051.90 ft

(b) How tall is the​ building

The height of the building = b

sin 34° = opposite /hypotenuse

0.5591929035 = b/2475

b =  0.5591929035  × 2475

b =  1384.0024361

b =  1384.00 ft

​(c) What is the angle of elevation from the surveyor to the top of the​ antenna?

let the angle = ∅

cos ∅ = adjacent/hypotenuse

cos ∅ = 2051.90/2615

cos ∅ =  0.784665392

∅ = cos-1  0.784665392

∅ =   38.310258303

∅ =  38.31°

​(d) How tall is the​ antenna?

height of the antenna = a

sin 38.31° = opposite/hypotenuse

sin 38.31° = (a + b)/2615

sin 38.31° × 2615 = (a + b)

(a + b) =  0.6199159917  × 2615

(a + b) =  1621.0803182

(a + b) = 1621. 08 ft

Height of antenna = 1621. 08 - 1384.00  =  237.08031822 ft

Height of antenna  =  237.08 ft