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Calculate the horizontal separation between the car and the foot of the building.
Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE · Right-angled triangles
Right-angled triangles — practice question
Viewed from the top of a building that is $300\text{ m}$ tall, the angle of depression to a car, $C$, is $52^{\circ}$. A right-angled triangle is drawn with a vertical side of $300\text{ m}$, and at the top the angle between the vertical and the sloping line of sight is $52^{\circ}$. The figure is labelled "NOT TO SCALE".