<PRE><B>Question 1144296</B>
let the horizontal leg of the right triangle formed be equal to x.
let the vertical leg of the right triangle formed be equal to y.
the angle of 58 degrees is formed between the horizontal leg and the hypotenuse of the right triangle formed.
the tangent of this angle is equal to the side opposite the angle divided by the side side adjacent to the angle.
the side adjacent to the angle is not the hypotenuse of the triangle.
you get tan(58) = y/x.
since x = 12, you get tan(58) = y/12
multiply both sides of this equation by 12 to get 12 * tan(58) = y
solve for y to get y = 19.20401435 feet.
round to the nearest foot to get y = 19 feet.

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