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the leaning tower of pisa is 55.9m tall and leans 5.5 deg from the vertical

the leaning tower of pisa is 55.9m tall and leans 5.5 deg from the vertical. if its shadow is 90.0m long, what is the distance from the top pf the tower to the edge of the shadow? assume that the ground is level.

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Answer #1

Firt step is to visualize the problem.

It is a leaning tower, so we must compute heigh at the highest point leaning.

Starting with the left triangle.

cos(5.9)=h/55.90 -> h=55.60

Now, with the right triangle, we can pythagorean theorem to calculate x.

√ (55.60^2 + 90^2) = x

x=105.79 meters

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