Question

A person is standing exactly 36 ft from a telephone pole. There is a 30° angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the pole. A person is standing 36 feet from the base of a telephone pole. A line is drawn from the top of the telephone pole to the person to form a right triangle. The angle at the person is 30 degrees. What is the height of the pole? 12 ft 12 StartRoot 3 EndRoot ft 18 ft 18 StartRoot 2 EndRoot ft

Answer 1

B. 12\sqrt{3} ft

Explanation:

Answer 2

20.78feet

Explanation:

The question made us to understand that the man is standing and also there is angle of elevation, then we need to draw a right triangle having a base equal to 36 feet with an angle from the base to the top of the pole which is 30 degrees.

tan= opposite side / adjacent side

Let height of the pole =h

Tan(30)= h/36

But tan 30degree= 1/√3

h= 36 × 1/√3

h= 20.78feet

Therefore, the height of the pole= 20.78feet

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