A lamppost casts a shadow of a man who is standing 10 feet away from the lamppost. The shadow is 5 feet long. The angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the lamp is 50. To the nearest foot, the lamp post is _____ feet tall.

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anonymous · Answer

$$\text{Round}[15 \tan (50 {}^{\circ}),1]=18 \text{ feet} $$

campbell_st · Answer

well draw a diagram 

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so you know the distance of the adjacent side and need to find the opposite side of a right triangle, given an angle. 

you'll need a trig ratio to solve it... 

hope it helps

anonymous · Answer

thanks