A man standing on a 45m building high, has an eyesight height of 1.5m from the top of the building, took a depression reading from the top of another nearby building and nearest wall, which are 25 degrees and 80 degrees respectively. Find the height of the nearby building in meters. The man is standing at the edge of the building and both buildings lie on the same horizontal plane
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A man standing on a 45m building high, has an eyesight height of 1.5m from the top of the building, took a depression reading from the top of another nearby building and nearest wall, which are 25 degrees and 80 degrees respectively. Find the height of the nearby building in meters. The man is standing at the edge of the building and both buildings lie on the same horizontal plane
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