After Blackhawk Bob saw he could find the angle at the clock tower he decided to see if he could find the height of the flag pole in front of the school. The flagpole casts a shadow that is 40 feet long when the angle of elevation to the sun is 31 ̊. How tall is the flagpole? How far is it from the tip of the flag pole to the tip of the shadow?
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
After Blackhawk Bob saw he could find the
How far is it from the tip of the flag pole to the tip of the shadow?
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