Jack is a 6.5-foot electrician. He notices a birds nest on top of a 35-foot light pole. If he is standing 15 feet away from the pole, which equation would Jack solve to find the measure of the angle of elevation?

x=30

step-by-step explanation:

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,