What is the distance from roman`s feet to the base of the flag pole?

Question

1739 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2018-06-08T01:41:46

$13.21$ $13.21$ $m$ $m$

Use the $cos$ $cos$ function to find the length of $x$ $x$ . Remember that:

$cos = \frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse}$ $cos = "adjacent"/"hypotenuse"$

Use the $39^{\circ}$ $39^@$ angle to find the length:

${cos 39}^{\circ} = \frac{x}{17}$ $cos 39^@ = x/17$

$0.777 = \frac{x}{17}$ $0.777 = x/17$

$0.777 (17) = x$ $0.777(17) = x$

$13.21 = x$ $13.21 = x$

The distance from the flagpole to the Roman's feet is $13.21$ $13.21$ $m$ $m$ , or rounded to the nearest whole number: $13$ $13$