The pole in one corner of football ground of 40m × 30m is observed from another corner which is opposite, non cointerior is 30°. Find height?

Answer 1

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The distance along the diagonal is 50 m. You can show that using the Pythagorean Theorem or just using the fact that a 3-4-5 triangle is a right triangle.

Now draw the triangle formed by the diagonal (50 m) and a flag pole of height x. The angle is 30°.

We can use our knowledge of 30-60-90 triangles and the ratio of their sides:

short : hypotenuse : long = 1 : 2 : √3

In your triangle, the short leg is x and the long leg is 50.

short : long = x / 50

In the ratio:

short : long = 1 / √3

So set up an equation:

x / 50 = 1 / √3

Multiply both sides by 50

x = 50/√3

Rationalize the denominator:

x = (50√3)/3

x ≈ 28.9 m

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Answer 2

Mo Salah is about 5'-9" and even lower when he dives 

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