Using theta and "b" to find out the height of a building.
Thanks in advance.
trigonometry
asked 2010-10-20
user id:1112
121
11silver badges44bronze badges
1
The second one you mention is more properly known as "shadow reckoning". :) – 2010-10-20
1
I feel like this question would be better asked to architects than mathematicians. (I certainly don't know anything about actual architecture.) – 2010-10-20
1
Architects use CAD software. You can be sure trigonometry is used all over the pace when writing such software! – 2010-10-20
0
@Qiaochu sadly though, there's no Architecture stackexchange site – 2010-10-21