A building casts a shadow 30m long. If the angle of elevation of the sun is 60°, what is the height of the building?
Q1. A building casts a shadow 30m long. If the angle of elevation of the sun is 60°, what is the height of the building?
Answer: 51.96 m
Explanation: tan(60°) = height / 30. So, height = 30 * √3 = 51.96 m.