Question

To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 129 feet away from the base of the pole and then with a transit 4.7 feet tall, measures the angle of elevation to the top of the pole

to be 38. What is the height of the pole?
Round your final answer to the nearest tenth of a foot.
Type your answer

Answer 1

To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 140 feet away from the base of the pole and then, with a transit 4 feet tall, measures the angle of elevation to the top of the pole to be 44°. To the nearest foot, what is the height of the pole? Please show your solution.