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19 October, 09:32

A flag staff is fixed at one corner of a rectangular room of side 20*10m. The angle of elevation on the top of the flag from opposite corner of the room is found 30. Find the height is flag staff.

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  1. 19 October, 09:49
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    The height is 12.9m

    Step-by-step explanation:

    First we have to find the distance from the corner of the flag to the opposite corner, for this we will use Pythagoras

    In a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse side is equal to the sum of squares of the other two sides

    h² = s1² + s2²

    h² = 10² + 20²

    h² = 100 + 400

    h² = 500

    h = √500

    h = 22.36

    Now that we know this measurement we can calculate the height of the flagpole

    well to start we have to know the relationship between angles, legs and the hypotenuse

    α = 30

    a: adjacent = 22.36

    o: opposite = ?

    h: hypotenuse

    sin α = o/h

    cos α = a/h

    tan α = o/a

    we see that it has (angle, adjacent, opposite)

    is the tangent

    tan α = o/a

    tan 30 = o/22.36

    tan30 * 22.36 = o

    12.9 = o

    The height is 12.9m
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