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A person is standing exactly 36 ft from a telephone pole. There is a 30 degree angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole. What is the height of the pole?

A person is standing exactly 36 ft from a telephone pole. There is a 30 degree angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole. What is the height of the pole?
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A person is standing exactly 36 ft from a telephone pole. There is a 30 degree angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole. What is the height of the pole?

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B. 12 StartRoot 3 EndRoot ft

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A person is standing exactly 36 ft from a telephone pole. There is a 30 degree angle-example-1
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A person stands at point A. BC is a telephone pole.


tanA = (BC)/(AB) \ \ \to \ \\BC = AB * tanA = 36 * ( √(3) )/(3) =12 √(3) \approx 20.78 \ ft.
A person is standing exactly 36 ft from a telephone pole. There is a 30 degree angle-example-1
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