Question

To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 140 feet away from the base of the pole and then, with a transit 4 feet tall, measures the angle of elevation to the top of the pole to be 44°. To the nearest foot, what is the height of the pole?

Answer 1

Would you like a soln with my crappy handwriting?

Answer 2

??

Answer 3

lol

Answer 4

It would be better if you see a picture

Answer 5

okay

Answer 6

136 ft + 4 ft = 140 ft

Answer 7

Does the method make sense?

Answer 8

yeah so is the final answer 140?

Answer 9

Yep.

Answer 10

It's just asking what the height of the pole is.

Answer 11

thx