question archive A construction worker was standing on scaffolding to wash windows when he was shot in the hip approximately 63 feet in the air

A construction worker was standing on scaffolding to wash windows when he was shot in the hip approximately 63 feet in the air

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A construction worker was standing on scaffolding to wash windows when he was shot in the hip approximately 63 feet in the air. The angle of impact was 38 degrees to parallel.

Where was the shooter's likely position?

 

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Calculating the shooting angle using tan = height of building / distance. 

In this case tan of (38 degrees) is 0.781. 

We are calculating for the distance that means, 

Distance = height / angle.

Thus, in this case, the distance is given by 63/0.781 

Answer is 80.66. 

Thus, the distance is about 80 feet away.