You are 14ft away from a flagpole and are looking up at if from an angle of 74.4 How is the flagpole ?

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Borys Generalov · Answer 1 · 2024-04-12T14:52:19+0000

Answer:

Explanation:

Given: Distance from the flagpole = 14 ft

Angle of elevation θ = 74.4°

To find: Length of the flagpole

Answer:

tan(74.4°) =
(L)/(14)

L = 14 tan(74.4°) = 50.142 ft

So the length of the pole is 50.142 ft.