document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1029159>Question 1029159</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A  pole 15 m long rests against a vertical wall at an angle of 60 degree with the ground <BR>\n" );
document.write( "calculate i) how high up the wall ? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "          ii)How far is the foot of the pole from the wall?  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Imagine your problem involves<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a right angled triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The pole is the hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How high up the wall is the opposite side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far is the foot of the pole<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from the wall is the adjacent side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using trig ratios:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find height up wall:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin = opposite/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin (60) = opposite/ 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Opposite = 15 x sin(60)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Opposite  = 12.99 m (2 decimal places)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is how high up the wall the end of the pole is.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos = adjacent/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos(60) = adjacent/ 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adjacent = 15 x cos(60)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adjacent = 7.5 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the distance between the foot<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the pole and the wall.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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