document.write( "Question 1113457: Two students are looking at a flagpole in between them. Student 1 is looking at the pole with an angle of elevation of 36 degrees, and student B is looking at the pole with an angle of elevation of 48 degrees. They are 150m apart, find the height of the flagpole. \n" ); document.write( "

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Draw and label the description. Triangle base 150 meters, height of unknown y, and one angle at A is 36 degrees and other angle at B is 48 degrees.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"y=%28150%2Atan%2848%29%2Atan%2836%29%29%2F%28tan%2836%29%2Btan%2848%29%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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