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 lengthened, it formed an angle of 60 degrees

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Question 986052: 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 lengthened, it formed an angle of 60 degrees with the ground, 14ft. from the base of the pole. What is the height of the pole?
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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tangent=opposite%2Fadjacent}
tan60=x/14
14tan60=x
24.25=x
ANSWER: The flag pole is 24.25 feet high.