Question

dr black is standing 15 feet from a streetlampand. the lamp is making his shadow 8 feet long. he estimates that the angle of elevation from the tip of his shadow to the top of the streetlamp is 50degrees. to the nearest foot, the streetlamp is about ??????? help and show me how to do it plz thanx

Answer 1

\[\tan(20)=\frac{x}{23}\]
\[x=23\tan(20)\] then a calculator

Answer 2

can you help me plz

Answer 3

what do you need?

Answer 4

i need help on how to solve this problem plz thanxdr black is standing 15 feet from a streetlampand. the lamp is making his shadow 8 feet long. he estimates that the angle of elevation from the tip of his shadow to the top of the streetlamp is 50 degrees. the streetlamp. to the nearest foot the streetlamp is about