document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=145731>Question 145731</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you are standing 85 ft. from the base of a flag ploe, and determined that at ground level, you would need to look up at a 30 degree angle to see the top of the flag pole, how tall is the flag pole round the hight to tenths. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #106384 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jojo14344><B>jojo14344(1513)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jojo14344><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=106384\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There you go, by trigonometric functions you can solve the height of the pole.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distance of 85 ft from where you are standing to the height of the pole with an inclination of 30 degree is the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x= height of flag pole.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by trigonometry, sin30 = x/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(sin30)(85)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 42.50 ft, height of flag pole. This is what you're looking for.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But you can also solve the distance from where you are standing to the pole.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By Pyth. theorem, let distance = d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(h)^2 = x^2 + d^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "85^2 = (42.50)^2  + d^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = 7225-1806.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d= sqrt 5418.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d= 73.61 ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jojo </SPAN>\n" );
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