SOLUTION: the city of san bernardino is building a park on the west side of san bernardino.a park inspector is coming to check some recent additions to the park. a flagpole was installed and

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Question 825110: the city of san bernardino is building a park on the west side of san bernardino.a park inspector is coming to check some recent additions to the park. a flagpole was installed and it cannot exceed a height of 30 feet. the inspector, who is 6 feet tall, used a tape measure and measured 25 feet from the pole. then he used a clinometer and determined the angle of sight to be 42 degrees.how tall is the flagpole
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tanA = opp/adj
tan(42) = (h - 6)/25
tan(42) = (1/25)h - 6/25
(1/25)h = tan(42) + 6/25
h = 25(tan(42) + 6/25)
h = 25(tan(42) + 6/25)
h = 28.510101107445994
h ~= 28.5 ft
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