SOLUTION: 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 lenthened, it formed an angle of 60 degrees

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Question 981425: 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 lenthened, it formed an angle of 60 degrees with the ground, and 14 feet from the base of the pole. What is the height of the pole? Show work.
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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Tan(x) = opposite/adjacent
Tan(60) = height/14
sqr(3) = height/14
height = 14 sqr(3)