Question

A telephone pole that is 14ft y’all has fallen against a house. If the top of the telephone pole touches the house 8ft. Above the ground, what is the angle that the telephone pole makes with the ground?

Stuck on this question on my quiz not sure how I should set this up or do it, help please :(

Answer 1

You will see a right-angled triangle.
You must know the basic trig ratios in terms of adjacent, opposite and hypotenus

in your triangle , in terms of the base angle , the hypotenuse is 14 and the opposite is 8

what trig ration uses "hypotenuse" and "opposite" ?

Answer 2

Sin. But the answer I get is 57. And the option only contains
29.7
55.2
60.3
34.8

Answer 3

Your correct equation would have been
sinØ = 8/14

then on my calculator ....
2nd F
sin
(8÷14)
=
to get appr 34.8°

I tried different combinations, and have no idea how you got 57.

Answer 4

I apologize I guess I entered it wrong. Thank you for your help

Answer 5

istg what about 10ft off the ground aaa help