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A bird sits on top of a Lamppost. The angle made by the lamp-post and a line from the feet of the bird to the feet of the Observer standing away from the Lamppost is 55°. the distance from the Lamppost and the Observer is 25 ft. estimate the height of the lamp post

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A bird sits on top of a Lamppost. The angle made by the lamp-post and a line from the feet of the bird to the feet of the Observer standing away from the Lamppost is 55°. the distance from the Lamppost and the Observer is 25 ft. estimate the height of the lamp post ​

we have that

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so

tan(55)=h/25

solve for h

h=25(tan(55))

h=35.7 ft

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