SOLUTION: the angle of depression from the top of a flagpole to a twig on the ground is is 40 degrees. the flagpole is 6 feet tall. how far away is the golf ball from the bottom/base of the

Question 1061743: the angle of depression from the top of a flagpole to a twig on the ground is is 40 degrees. the flagpole is 6 feet tall. how far away is the golf ball from the bottom/base of the flagpole. what if it was 50 degrees?
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No flagpole is only 6 feet tall
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That means, starting at the top and rotating downward, the angle at the top of the flagpole is , degrees. The top of the pole, the spot on ground at bottom of the pole, and the twig form a right triangle. The angle where the twig is will be , meaning degrees.

x, how far between flagpole bottom and the twig:
given flagpole is 6 feet tall,

---------compute this with the help either of scientific calculator or trigonometric table.
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