Question

The picture shows a flagpole, AB, above a house

Answer 1

Rounded to the nearest whole number, what is the height, in feet, of the flagpole AB?

Answer 2

Use the trig function that is opposite/adjacent.

Answer 3

First you need to add the two angles, once you do, you get 60 degrees

Answer 4

ok.............

Answer 5

\[\tan 60 = {{AB}\over 15}\]

Answer 6

Does that step make sense?

Answer 7

yeah thanks

Answer 8

No prob.

Answer 9

10 ft will be the rounded answer