Okay, so this is just a bunch of random information that's eying to trick you. The answer is in the question. "the telephone pole to a point on the ground 40 feet from its base."
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we know that
m ∠ 6=123.5°
m ∠6+m∠2=180°-------> by supplementary angles
so
m∠2=180-m∠6-----> 180-123.5------> m∠2=56.5°
m∠1=m∠2--------> by corresponding angles
so
m∠1=56.5°
the answer ism∠1 is 56.5°