SOLUTION: 1. A flagpole 4m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2.5m high located at one side of a pathway. At the opposite side of the pathway directly facing the flagpole, the flagpole sub

Question 1208900: 1. A flagpole 4m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2.5m high located at one side of a pathway. At the opposite side of the pathway directly facing the flagpole, the flagpole subtends the same angle as the pedestal. What is the width of the pathway?
2. From a window
3. An Air Force
a. What is
b. How high
c. How high
4. The angle
a. The distance
b. The distance
c. The height
5. The angle

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1. THE FLAGPOLE
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Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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