Answer:
34.28 meters
Explanation:
We can use trigonometry to solve this problem. Let's call the horizontal distance between the boy and the pole "d". Then we can draw a right triangle with the boy's height (5m) as one leg, the distance "d" as the other leg, and the hypotenuse being the distance from the boy's eyes to the top of the pole (which we don't know yet).
We can use the angle of elevation to find the length of this hypotenuse. The angle of elevation is the angle between the horizontal and the line of sight from the boy's eyes to the top of the pole. Since the boy is looking up at the bird, this angle is also the same as the angle between the hypotenuse and the vertical (i.e. the angle at the top of the triangle). So we have:
tan(30°) = opposite/adjacent
where "opposite" is the height of the pole (20m) and "adjacent" is the hypotenuse. Solving for "adjacent", we get:
adjacent = opposite/tan(30°) = 20/tan(30°)
We can simplify tan(30°) to 1/√3, so:
adjacent = 20/(1/√3) = 20√3
Now we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the horizontal distance "d":
d^2 + 5^2 = (20√3)^2
Simplifying and solving for "d", we get:
d = √[(20√3)^2 - 5^2] = √(1200 - 25) = √1175
So the horizontal distance between the boy and the pole is approximately 34.28 meters (rounded to two decimal places