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07-26-2007

a 6m treee is leaning at an angle of 5* to the vertcal.to prevent the tree from leaning any farther, a support pole neeeds to be placed 2m from the top of the tree, at an angle of 60* with the ground.how long does the pole need to be, to the nearest meter?please show all calculations and the final answer.

07-26-2007	#1
NAZIM Guest Posts: n/a	trigonometry help please... i have a test tomorrow... help? a 6m treee is leaning at an angle of 5* to the vertcal.to prevent the tree from leaning any farther, a support pole neeeds to be placed 2m from the top of the tree, at an angle of 60* with the ground.how long does the pole need to be, to the nearest meter?please show all calculations and the final answer.