NEED HELP ASAP! to find the height of a pole, a surveyor moves 120 feet away from the base of the pole and then, with a transit of 8 feet tall, measures the angle of elevation to the top of the pole to be 36°. to the nearest foot, what is the height of the pole? a. 87 feetb. 95 feetc. 71 feetd. 79 feet

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Answer:

The ratio of height above the transit to the distance to the transit is the tangent of the angle.
.. height = 8 ft +(120 ft)*tan(36°) = 95 ft . . . . . . matches selection B