A person is standing 25 meters away from a vertical pole. If the angle of elevat
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A person is standing 25 meters away from a vertical pole. If the angle of elevation to the top of the pole is 60 degrees, what is the height of the pole?
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Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions
A person is standing 25 meters away from a vertical pole. If the angle of elevation to the top of the pole is 60 degrees, what is the height of the pole?
Trigonometry – The problem involves using the tangent function to relate the angle of elevation to the height of the pole and the distance from the pole.
Right Triangle Properties – Understanding the relationship between the sides of a right triangle formed by the pole, the ground, and the line of sight.
