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Two buildings are 66 m apart. From the top of the shorter building, the angle of depression to the foot of the taller building is 51 degrees, and the angle of elevation to the top of the taller buildi

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102.0 m\text{102.0 m}

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  1. Define variables and set up the trigonometric relationships.

    Let h1h_1 be the height of the first building, h1=66 mh_1 = 66 \text{ m}.
    Let h2h_2 be the height of the taller building.
    Let xx be the horizontal distance between the two buildings.
    From the top of the first building, the angle of depression to the foot of the taller building is 51∘51^\circ. This forms a right-angled triangle where the opposite side is h1h_1 and the adjacent side is xx.

    tan⁡(51∘)=h1x\tan(51^\circ) = \frac{h_1}{x}

    From the top of the first building, the angle of elevation to the top of the taller building is 34∘34^\circ. This forms another right-angled triangle where the opposite side is h2−h1h_2 - h_1 and the adjacent side is xx.

    tan⁡(34∘)=h2−h1x\tan(34^\circ) = \frac{h_2 - h_1}{x}
  2. Calculate the horizontal distance xx using the angle of depression.

    Substitute h1=66 mh_1 = 66 \text{ m} into the first equation:

    tan⁡(51∘)=66x\tan(51^\circ) = \frac{66}{x}

    Solve for xx:

    x=66tan⁡(51∘)x = \frac{66}{\tan(51^\circ)} x≈661.2349x \approx \frac{66}{1.2349} x≈53.445 mx \approx 53.445 \text{ m}
  3. Calculate the additional height of the taller building using the angle of elevation.

    Let hadd=h2−h1h_{add} = h_2 - h_1. Substitute this into the second equation:

    tan⁡(34∘)=haddx\tan(34^\circ) = \frac{h_{add}}{x}

    Solve for haddh_{add}:

    hadd=xtan⁡(34∘)h_{add} = x \tan(34^\circ)

    Substitute the value of xx from Step 2:

    hadd≈53.445 m×tan⁡(34∘)h_{add} \approx 53.445 \text{ m} \times \tan(34^\circ) hadd≈53.445 m×0.6745h_{add} \approx 53.445 \text{ m} \times 0.6745 hadd≈36.04 mh_{add} \approx 36.04 \text{ m}
  4. Calculate the total height of the taller building.

    The total height of the taller building h2h_2 is the sum of the height of the first building h1h_1 and the additional height haddh_{add}.

    h2=h1+haddh_2 = h_1 + h_{add} h2=66 m+36.04 mh_2 = 66 \text{ m} + 36.04 \text{ m} h2=102.04 mh_2 = 102.04 \text{ m}

    Rounding to one decimal place:

    h2≈102.0 mh_2 \approx 102.0 \text{ m}

    The height of the taller building is 102.0 m\text{102.0 m}.

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