Solve the right triangle. If two sides are given, give angles in degrees and minutes.
-On a sunny day, a flag pole and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 50 meters long and the shadow is 40 meters, how tall is the flag pole?
A) $100 \mathrm {~m}$
B) $90 \mathrm {~m}$
C) $64 \mathrm {~m}$
D) $30 \mathrm {~m}$

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Using the Pythagorean theorem, the height of the flag pole is calculated as $\sqrt{50^2 - 40^2} = \sqrt{2500 - 1600} = \sqrt{900} = 30 \mathrm{~m}$.

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