Question

A lamppost casts a shadow 44 feet long. The angle measure of the shadow is 33°.

Height of lamppost measures x; distance from end of lamppost's shadow to lamppost is 44; angle measure of shadow is 33 degrees.
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How tall is the lamppost, rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot? Type the numeric answer only in the box below.

Answer 1

you use the trig function tan
;
tan 33 = opposite / adjacent side x /44

x = 44 * tan 33

Answer 2

so how tall is the lamp post ?

Answer 3

use your calculator 44 times tan33

Answer 4

1452

Answer 5

wow - cant be that tall
tan 33 = 0.6494

so its 44 * 0.6494 = 28.57

Answer 6

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