SOLUTION: This is a triganometry problem that deals with SOHCAHTOA To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 100 ft. away from the base of the pole and then, with a transit 5 ft. tall,

Question 188644: This is a triganometry problem that deals with SOHCAHTOA
To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 100 ft. away from the base of the pole and then, with a transit 5 ft. tall, measures the angle of elevation to the top of the pole to be 29 degrees. What is the height of the pole? Round answer to the nearest foot.
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tan 29=x/100 x is 5 feet less than the total length of the pole so we need to add 5 feet to our answer
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0.554309051 (100)=x
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x=55.43 feet . Now we must add 5 feet to account for the height of the transit
:
pole .
55.43 + 5 = 58.43 feet......rounded to neares foot is 58 feet
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