Kurt spots a bird sitting at the top of a 40 foot tall telephone pole. if the angle of elevation from the ground where he is standing to the bird is 59 degrees, how far is kurt standing from the base of the pole?

angle of elevation, aoe = 59 deg

height, h = 40ft

distance from pole, dfp

using

tan 59deg = h/dfp

=》 dfp = h/ tan 59deg = 40/1.67 = 23.95ft

24.04 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Kurt spots  a bird sitting at the top of a 40 foot tall telephone pole

Consider the right triangle formed by the line joining the base of telephone pole and Kurt's leg,  the pole itself and line joining Kurt leg and top of pole.

This is right angled and since angle of elevation is given as 59

we have

height of pole/distance of Kurt from base = tan 59

i.e.

where d is the required distance of Kurt from the pole.

Hence x = 24.038

=24.04 feet

so far i think you have the right thing going for you just remember soh cah toh

step-by-step explanation:

sine over hypotenuse

cosine   equals adjacent

tangent over hypotenuse

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