You are standing a distance x from a building with height y. If the straight line distance between you and the top of the building is 1200m and the angle between the horizontal plane and your straight line of sight is 40o. What is the height of the building and what distance are you from it?

You are standing a distance x from a building with height y. If the straight line distance between you and the top of the building is 1200m and the angle between the horizontal plane and your straight line of sight is 40o. What is the height of the building and what distance are you from it?

University Physics Volume 1

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Chapter2: Vectors

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