From the top of a building, the angle of elevation to the top of a nearby building is 28° and the angle of depressions to the bottom of the nearby building is 48°. The distance between the two buildings is 50m, as shown in the diagram below. What is the height of the taller building, to the nearest tenth of a metre?

Step-by-step explanation:

The idea here is to find the value for x and y, then add them together. See the pic I attached below. We will solve for side x first.

Side s is across from the reference angle of 48 degrees; side measuring 50 m is adjacent to the reference angle 48 degrees. Therefore, we will use the tangent ratio to solve for x:

and

50tan(48) = x so

x = 55.53m

Now we will do the same and solve for y. This time the reference angle is 28 degrees. Side y is opposite the reference angle and the side measuring 50 is adjacent to the reference angle, so we will use the tangent ratio again:

and

50tan(28) = y so

y = 26.59. Therefore,

x + y = 55.53 + 26.59 and

the height of the taller building is

82.1 m

if a = 1,   and b = 2, then the answer is 47.99999999. if you round that to the nearest whole number, the answer is 48.

required rate of return = 0.166 = 16.6%

step-by-step explanation:

under the capital asset pricing model (capm), the required or expected rate of return for a particular security or asset is given using the formula:

required rate of return = risk-free rate + beta*(market risk premium)

we are given that;

risk-free rate = 4% = 0.04

beta = 1.4

market risk premium = 9% = 0.09

we simply plug these values into the above formula;

required rate of return = 0.04 + 1.4*(0.09)

required rate of return = 0.04 + 0.126

required rate of return = 0.166 = 16.6%