Solve the problem.
-A photographer points a camera at a window in a nearby building forming an angle of 42° with the camera platform. If the camera is 52 m from the building, how high above the platform is the window, to the nearest
Hundredth of a meter?
A) 0.9 m
B) 1.11 m
C) 46.82 m
D) 57.75 m

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The height of the window above the camera platform can be found using the tangent function in trigonometry, where tan(angle) = opposite/adjacent. Here, the angle is 42°, and the adjacent side (distance from the building) is 52 m. So, opposite = tan(42°) * 52 ≈ 46.82 m.

Solve the Problem. -A Photographer Points a Camera at a Window in a Window