A Flagpole casts a 60 foot long shadow on the ground. The angle from the tip of the flagpole to the end of the flagpole's shadow measures 35 degrees. How tall is the flagpole?

Question

Draw a picture and label. Thank you.

Answer 1

you draw a picture fer pete's sake!

Then, having reviewed your basic trig functions, you will see that the height h is found from

h/60 = cot35°

Answer 2

can i use cos(55degrees) = 60/h
which gives me 104.61.
Please check. Thanks!

Answer 3

no cosine. the hypotenuse does not come into the calculation.