Joey P.
asked • 07/08/21Trigonometry Problem
A wooden flagpole is embedded 3m deep at one corner of a concrete horizotnal slab, square in form and measuring 20ft on a side. A storm broke the flagpole at a point 1m above the slab and inclined in the direction of the diagonal. The vertical angles observed at the center and at the opposite end of this diagonal to the tip of the flagpole were 65 and 35 degrees respectively. What is the total length of the flagpole above the slab in yards?
(I am having a hard time figuring out how to solve this, because I can't provide a right illustration of it, So, please provide a figure or illustration. I only need an illustration of it.)
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John M. answered • 07/09/21
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The diagonal of the slab is 20Sqrt(2) so half of it in the center is 10Sqrt(2)
h is the height of the pole on the left and A is left most point of the diagonal...
(sorry it got left off this impossible to use screen...)
Joey P.
I appreciate your effort to answer this question, sir. However, if you mean the total length of the pole is the h you computed, I thought it's incorrect. Because according to the answer to my book (without solution just the answer), the correct answer is 16.83 ft.
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Mark M.
Vertical angles are very specific in nature. How they realted here is not clear. What is the opposite end of the diagonal?07/08/21