Question

Roman stands across from a flag pole.





What is the distance from Roman's feet to the base of the flag pole?



Enter your answer in the box. Round only your final answer to the nearest tenth.

The hypotenuse is 17 meters and opposite side is x and the number inside the triangle is 39 degrees

Answer 1

Use the cosine (adjacent = hypotenuse · cosθ).

Distance = 17 · cos(39°) ≈ 17 · 0.777146 = 13.211... ≈ 13.2 meters.