Homework Help: math/trig

Posted by john on Monday, September 17, 2012 at 11:18pm.

A flagpole casts a shadow 44 ft with the sun angle of elevation is 60.5 degrees. Find the height of the
flagpole and at what angle is the shadow twice as long?

math/trig - Steve, Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 10:59am
if the flagpole has height h,

h/44 = tan 60.5°
h = 77.77

now you want the angle x where
77.77/88 = tan x
x = 41.5°

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