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How tall is the flagpole?

 

 Apr 13, 2020
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It's very simple...

 

Let's find the angle using the tree height and the length of the shadow.

 

Tree height   Ht = 30 ft

 

Length of the shadow is 65 ft

 

Length of the tree shadow is  65 ft - 25 ft = 40 ft

 

Angle   A = ?                tan(A) = 30/40 ≈ 36.87°

 

Pole height    Hp = tan(A) * 65 = 48.75 ft   indecision

 Apr 13, 2020

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