document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=62052>Question 62052</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> betty observed that the lamp post in front of her house cast a shadow of length 8 feet when the angle of inclination of the sun is 60 degrees.  How tall is the lamp post? (In a 30-60-90 right triangle, the side opposite 30 is 1/2 the length of the hypotenuse. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The base of the triangle is 8. The bottom left angle is 60 degrees. You want the know the opposite side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(60 degrees) = x/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8*tan(60 degrees) = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lamp post is about 13.86 feet. </SPAN>\n" );
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