Dr. Black is standing 13 feet from a streetlamp the lamp is making his shadow 9 feet long he estimates that the angle of elavation from the tip of his shadow to the top of the streetlamp is 50°. To the

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I think it could be tan50=h/12
tan50 x 12=h
1.2 x 12=h
14.4 or 14=h

height =14 ft.

Rui Marinho answered Mar 30, 2018

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