A 60-foot flagpole was placed in front of a post office, perpendicular to the ground. After many years, the flagpole began to lean. The distance from the top of the flagpole to the ground is now 50 feet. What expression shows how to determine the angle the flagpole makes with the ground?

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anonymous · Answer

Is it multpile choice?

anonymous · Answer

Multiple*

anonymous · Answer

Yes. Choices are attached to this comment.

anonymous · Answer

Shoot, I forgot how to do this lol...well there's google? :/

anonymous · Answer

it's just asking which expression is used to solve this.

anonymous · Answer

50 over 60 i believe. Because it's asking for the present to the future.

anonymous · Answer

I forgot about cos though. :/

anonymous · Answer

Thank you, I think I got it figured out. :)

anonymous · Answer

Good for you x3