Question

Two ropes, AD and BD, are tied to a peg on the ground at point D. The other ends of the ropes are tied to points A and B on a flagpole as shown below.



Angle ADC measures 60° and angle BDC measures 45°. What is the distance between the points A and B on the flagpole?

6.59 feet

1.73 feet

4.32 feet

2.56 feet

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

Hint: Find AC using tan(60) = AC/9 and find BC using tan(45) = BC/9

Then find AB using AB = AC - BC

Answer 3

would it be the second option?

Answer 4

AB = 9*tan(60)-9*tan(45)

Answer 5

O.o

Answer 6

type that into your calculator to find the answer

Answer 7

-11.6976132105

Answer 8

make sure you're in degree mode

Answer 9

ughhhh

Answer 10

i dont know what that is

Answer 11

are you still using the windows calculator? or a different one this time?

Answer 12

windows

Answer 13

click the radio button that says "degrees"

Answer 14

can u send me a calculator that i can use like a link one that i dont have to download

Answer 15

https://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=9*tan%2860+degrees%29-9*tan%2845+degrees%29&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS420US420&ie=UTF-8

Answer 16

I recommend downloading that calculator if you can because it's much better than the windows calculator

Answer 17

ok

Answer 18

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