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OpenStudy (jusrocks):

FREE MEDAL IF YOU HELP A lamppost casts a shadow of a man who is standing 10 feet away from the lamppost. The man's shadow is 5 feet long. The angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the lamp is 50

OpenStudy (jusrocks):

How tall is the lamppost in feet?

OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

Youʻre supposed to make a triangle, using the lengths and angle

OpenStudy (jusrocks):

Yes but I do not understand how to get the length of the lamppost from a triangle using trig.

OpenStudy (jusrocks):

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