Question

A 6-foot-tall man is standing 50 ft from a flagpole. When he looks at the top of the flagpole, the angle of elevation is 39 degrees. Find the height of the flagpole to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

okay so I would draw this out first.

Answer 2

Use tan(theta)

Answer 3

So would it be tan(39) = x/50

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

Why do you have h as the thing we need to solve for? Wouldn't it be for the height of the flagpole

Answer 6

no we need to find x which is the height of the flag pole. I wrote h to indicate the hypotenuse

Answer 7

it was irrelevant, sorry

Answer 8

you got it?

Answer 9

So the answer is 40.49?

Answer 10

it would be 40 ft, since it calls for nearest foot

Answer 11

Ok, Thank you so much!