SOLUTION: 1. A flagpole 4m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2.5m high located at one side of a pathway. At the opposite side of the pathway directly facing the flagpole, the flagpole sub

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Question 1208900: 1. A flagpole 4m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2.5m high located at one side of a pathway. At the opposite side of the pathway directly facing the flagpole, the flagpole subtends the same angle as the pedestal. What is the width of the pathway?
2. From a window
3. An Air Force
a. What is
b. How high
c. How high
4. The angle
a. The distance
b. The distance
c. The height
5. The angle

Found 2 solutions by KMST, ikleyn:
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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1. THE FLAGPOLE
d%2Atan%28A%29=2.5 , d%2Atan%282A%29=6.5 tan%282A%29%2Ftan%28A%29=6.5%2F2.5
tan%282A%29%2Ftan%28A%29=2.6 tan%282A%29=2tan%28A%29%2F%281-tan%5E2%28A%29%29 2%2F%281-tan%5E2%28A%29%29=2.6 tan%5E2%28A%29=1-2%2F2.6 tan%5E2%28A%29=0.230769(rounded) tan%28A%29=0.4804 d=2.5%2F0.4804 d=5.2(rounded)

Answer by ikleyn(52797) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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