Given:
A rope tied from a tent pole to a stake in the ground forms 55 degrees angle with the ground.
The pole is 3 feet from the stake.
To find:
The length of the rope to the nearest tenth of a foot.
Solution:
First draw a diagram according to the given information as shown below.
We know that, in a right angled triangle,
In triangle ABC,
Therefore, the length of the rope is 5.2 foot.
