A wire is attached to the top of a flag pole. The wire meets the ground 4 meters from the flag pole. The wire makes a 45° angle with the flag pole. How tall is the flag pole?
1 Answer
Apr 6, 2018
Explanation:
I went ahead and drew a picture of this problem so that you can envision it (note: this drawing is NOT to scale).
We since we have the measurement for the
Now use your calculator to find
So let's put that in the equation:
Multiply
The pole is