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| B.8 How high is the Building ? |
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course this is the easy part. We can measure the height of the building
with a string Or we can measure angles and use similar triangles.
You walk a certain distance away from the building. You measure your distance from the building. From this position you measure the angle made by the terrace top using your angle dangle meter. Then you make a similar triangle on a piece of paper and measure the ratio of the height to the base. Use this ratio to calculate the height. That's it. From the height, we calculate R. Once we have R we use the formula : Distance of Sun = 110 x 112 x R |
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