Bob, who is 2.2 m tall, is standing a distance of 15 m from a flagpole as shown below. From his point of view, the angle of view between the top and bottom of the pole is 32 degrees . How tall is the flagpole to the nearest hundredth of a metre?
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.
Bob, who is 2.2 m tall, is standing a distance of 15 m from a flagpole as shown below. From his point of
view, the
nearest hundredth of a metre?
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