document.write( "Question 824283: A flagpole is bent over by the wind so the top is now touching the ground 12 feet from the base. The angle the pole makes with the ground is 85 degrees. How tall was the pole before the windstorm? Can you help me solve this and show me how you did it? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "cosA = adj/hyp
\n" ); document.write( "cos(85) = 12/hyp
\n" ); document.write( "hyp = 12/cos(85)
\n" ); document.write( "hyp = 137.684558948037960
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\n" ); document.write( "hyp = sqrt( bb + hh )
\n" ); document.write( "hyp^2 = bb + hh
\n" ); document.write( "hh = hyp^2 - bb
\n" ); document.write( "h = sqrt( hyp^2 - bb )
\n" ); document.write( "h = sqrt( 137.684558948037960^2 - 12^2 )
\n" ); document.write( "h = 138.206504089770448
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\n" ); document.write( "original pole height:
\n" ); document.write( "hyp + h = 137.684558948037960 + 138.206504089770448
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\n" ); document.write( "answer:
\n" ); document.write( "about 275.9 ft
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