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Dr black is standing 13 feet from a streetlamp. The lamp is making his shadow 9 feet long. He estimates that the angle of elevation from the tip of his shadow to the top of the streetlamp is 50° to the
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Dr black is standing 13 feet from a streetlamp. The lamp is making his shadow 9 feet long. He estimates that the angle of elevation from the tip of his shadow to the top of the streetlamp is 50° to the nearest foot the streetlamp is about
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So, you would 13 + 9 = which is 22 feet and since the angle is 50 degrees, you would multiply 22 x tan(50) to find the height of the streetlamp:22 x tan(50) = 26.21. So, the streetlamp is about 26 feet tall!Hope this helps!
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