From a point 450 ft from the base of a building, the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of a flagpole on top of the building have measures 60° and 55°. How do you find the height of the flagpole to two significant digits?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-13T17:15:24

I found #~~135"ft"# rounding the tangents or #136.76"ft"# using the complete values.

I used the trigonometric Tangent to find the value.

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