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Answer:
43.5 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
Given: Julie is 6 feet tall
She stands 15 feet from the flagpole.
The edges of the square line up with the top and bottom of the flagpole.
Picture drawn to show side and angle formed by Julie and flagpole.
Lets assume the height of flagpole be "h".
As given, the edges of the square line up with the top and bottom of the flagpole.
∴ Angle and base of triangle are same then ratio of corresponding sides are also equal.
Now, finding the height of flagpole by using tangent rule.
we know, [tex]tan\theta= \frac{Opposite}{adjacent}[/tex]
Remember, both the angle are equal.
∴ Ratio of opposite and adjacent leg for both right angle triangle= [tex]\frac{6}{15} : \frac{h-6}{15}[/tex]
We can put it; [tex]\frac{6}{15} = \frac{15}{h-6}[/tex]
Solving the equation now
⇒ [tex]\frac{6}{15} = \frac{15}{h-6}[/tex]
Multiplying both side by 15
⇒[tex]6 = \frac{15\times 15}{h-6}[/tex]
Multiplying both side by (h-6)
⇒ [tex]6\times (h-6) = 15\times 15[/tex]
Distributive property of multiplication
⇒ [tex]6h-36= 225[/tex]
Adding both side by 36
⇒[tex]6h= 225+36[/tex]
Dividing both side by 6
⇒[tex]h= \frac{261}{6}[/tex]
∴ [tex]h= 43.5\ feet[/tex]
Hence, the height of flagpole is 43.5 feet.
The height of the flagpole is given by the length of the hypotenuse side
formed by the right triangle Julie forms with the cardboard.
Response:
- Height of the flagpole is 17.4 feet
Which method is used to calculate the height of the flagpole?
The triangle formed by the edges of square lined up with the top and
bottom of the flagpole is a right triangle.
The altitude of the right triangle formed with the height of the flagpole as the base = 15 feet
Length of a leg of the right triangle = √(15² + 6²) = 3·√(29)
The other angle formed by the right triangle = (90° - arctan(15/6))
h × sin(arctan(15/6)) = 3·√29
[tex]h = \mathbf{\dfrac{3 \cdot \sqrt{29} }{sin(arctan(15/6))} } = 17.4[/tex]
Height of the flagpole, h = 17.4 feet
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