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Kurt spots a bird sitting at the top of a 40 foot tall telephone pole. If the angle of elevation from the ground where he is standing to the bird is 59 ° , how far is Kurt standing from the base of the pole?

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Answer:

i guess its 24.03 ft

Explanation:

let height of pole be perpendicular length and distance from pole be the base .so tan59=P/b..& b= 24.03ft

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