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A flagpole broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground. If the angle which the broken part makes with the ground is 50o and the distance from the tip of the pole to the foot is 55 feet, how tall was the pole?
Solution:
Length of the pole = a + c
\( \tan 50 = \frac{a}{55}\)
\( a = 65.55\)
\( \cos 50 = \frac{55}{c}\)
\( c = 85.56\)
Length of the pole = 151.11 feet