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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a tall pole casts a shadow 6 feet long. If the angle of depression looking down from the top of the tall pole to the tip of the shadow is 53 degrees, what is the height of the tall pole?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1339327239379:dw| angle of depression is 53 so angle opposite to the shadow is 90-53=37 tan(37)=(6)/(pole height) pole height is 7.96 feet long

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