Question

To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 80 feet away from the base of the pole and then measures the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole to be 63°. What is the height of the pole? Round answer to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

a.
161 ft
c.
41 ft
b.
157 ft
d.
45 ft

Answer 2

draw a picture and use a trig function to make it easier.
tan 63 = x/80 so x = 80*tan63 = 157 ft.