Question

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A light pole casts a 35-foot-long shadow. The angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the top of the light pole is 23°. To the nearest foot, what is the height of the light pole?

Answer 1

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`\tan(23^o )=\cfrac{\stackrel{opposite}{h}}{\underset{adjacent}{35}} \implies 35\tan(23^o)=h \implies 15\approx h\\`

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