SOLUTION: To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 80 feet away, from the base of the pole and then measures the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole to be 63°. Wh
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Question 696157: To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 80 feet away, from the base of the pole and then measures the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole to be 63°. What is the height of the pole? Round answer to the nearest foot. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 80 feet away, from the base of the pole and then measures the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole to be 63°. What is the height of the pole? Round answer to the nearest foot.
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tan(63) = h/80
