Question

To find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 180 feet away from the base of the pole and then, with his eyes (4 feet above the ground), measures the angle of elevation to the top of the pole to be 44 degrees. Draw a picture and label a diagram to represent this situation. What is the height of the pole? Show your work.

Answer 1

177.82397947 ft

Explanation:

to find height of of the pole:

tan(44 degrees)=x/180

add the height of the person

x=(180tan(44 degrees) )+4

x=177.82397947 ft

now, round to what point you need to