A Straight Road Makes an Angle, A, of 16° with the Horizontal

question 6

Short Answer

A straight road makes an angle, A, of 16° with the horizontal. When the angle of elevation, B, of the sun is 59°, a vertical pole beside the road casts a shadow 7 feet long parallel to the road, see figure. Approximate the length of the pole. Round answer to two decimal places.

Perform arithmetic operations with fractions and decimals.

Evaluate expressions using the order of operations, including exponentiation.

Perform arithmetic operations with negative numbers.

Simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions.

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