document.write( "Question 86013: Can you please help me with this problem. I need to solve for the following angle. This question is from Algebra II, A Beka Book.
\n" ); document.write( "The science club wants to find out the height of the school's flagpole. They found that if the rope attached to the top of the pole was lengthened, it formed an angle of 60 degrees with the ground, 14 ft. from the base of the pole. What is the length of the pole?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #62130 by tutor_paul(519) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The flagpole, rope and ground form a right triangle, with the rope being the hypoteneuse. Let x = height of the flagpole. You can write the following:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"tan%2860%29=x%2F14\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=14%2Atan%2860%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "since tan(60)=sqrt(3), the final answer is:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%2814sqrt%283%29%29\"$
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