SOLUTION: Dimitruis skipped lunch today to get some sun in the school courtyard. Lying on the grass and looking up at an angle of 22 he could see the top of the flagpole which was about 100
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Question 68002: Dimitruis skipped lunch today to get some sun in the school courtyard. Lying on the grass and looking up at an angle of 22 he could see the top of the flagpole which was about 100 ft away. How tall is the flagpole?
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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h|....\
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..|...22\
...... 100 ft
tan(22degrees) = h/100
100*tan(22) = h
About 40 feet
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