Question

The angle of elevation to the top of a flagpole is 52°. If the angle of elevation was measured 23 m from the center of the flagpole's base, what is its height to 1 decimal place?

Answer 1

29.4m

Explanation:

You have a right angled triangle with angle 52`dot` with Adjacent side 23m and we are looking for the Opposite side.
Use trig ratio `Tan` `(theta)`=`(OPP)/(ADJ)`

Tan(52)=`(OPP)/(23)`

OPP=23`xx`tan(52)

OPP=29.43865754