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Maria is 4 ft 2in tall. To find the height of a flagpole, she measured her shadow and the pole's shadow . What is the height h of the flagpole?

Maria is 4 ft 2in tall To find the height of a flagpole she measured her shadow and the poles shadow What is the height h of the flagpole class=

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Answer:

25 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

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The height of the flagpole, using trigonometric ratio is 25feet.

The tangent of angle C will be the ratio of Maria's height to her shadow.

What is the tangent of an angle?

The tangent of an angle is the ratio of opposite side to the adjacent side.

It is given that,

Her height = 4 ft 2 inch = 25/6 feet

Length of her shadow =10/3 feet

So, tan C = (25/6)/(10/3)

tan C = 5/4

We know that ∠C and  ∠T will be equal

So, tan C = tan T = h/20

5/4 = h/20

h =25

Therefore, The height of the flagpole, using is 25feet.

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