Solve.On a sunny day, a building and its shadow form the legs of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse of the triangle is 35 m long and the shadow is 20 m, how tall is the building? Round to the nearest tenth of a meter.

A. 15.0 m
B. 28.7 m
C. 19.1 m
D. 40.3 m


Answer: B

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