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The tangent or tanθ in a right angle triangle is the ratio of its perpendicular to its base. The height of the building when it cast a shadow of 60 meters is 40 m.
What is Tangent (Tanθ)?
The tangent or tanθ in a right angle triangle is the ratio of its perpendicular to its base. it is given as,
[tex]\rm Tangent(\theta) = \dfrac{Perpendicular}{Base}[/tex]
where,
θ is the angle,
Perpendicular is the side of the triangle opposite to the angle θ,
The base is the adjacent smaller side of the angle θ.
As it is given that the height of the pole is 8m, while the shadow cast by the pole is 12 m. If we use the ratio of trigonometry then the height of the building can be written as,
[tex]\rm Tan(\theta)= \dfrac{\text{Height of the pole}}{\text{Shadow of the pole}}= \dfrac{\text{Height of the building}}{\text{Shadow of the pole}}[/tex]
[tex]\dfrac{8}{12}= \dfrac{\text{Height of the building}}{\text{60}}\\\\\dfrac{8 \times 60}{12}= {\text{Height of the building}}\\\\\text{Height of the building}=40\ \rm m[/tex]
Hence, the height of the building when it cast a shadow of 60 meters is 40 m.
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