Homework Help: physcis

Posted by Casandra on Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 7:44pm.

a flag pole is 1ooft from an observer who sights the top of the flag pole to be at an angle of 50 degrees from the horizontal. How high is the flagpole

physcis - drwls, Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 7:57pm
H/100 ft = tan 50 = 1.1918

Solve for the height H

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