An 8 meters bamboo pole is leaning against a coconut tree. The foot of the pole is 3 meters from the base of the tree. What angle does the pole make with the tree if the pole reaches up to the top of the tree?
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Looks to me like a sin/cos relationship: the 8 is the hypotenuse
sinØ = 3/8
Ø = 22.02°
To find the angle that the pole makes with the tree, we can use trigonometry.
Let’s call the angle between the pole and the ground θ.
We know that the opposite side of this angle is 8 meters (the length of the pole) and the adjacent side is 3 meters (the distance between the foot of the pole and the base of the tree).
Using the tangent function, which is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side, we can calculate the angle θ.
The formula for tangent is tan(θ) = opposite / adjacent.
In this case, tan(θ) = 8 / 3.
To find θ, we can use the inverse tangent function (also known as arctangent or atan) on both sides of the equation.
So, θ = arctan(8 / 3).
Using a calculator or a trigonometric table, we can find the value of arctan(8 / 3), which is approximately 70.3 degrees.
Therefore, the angle that the pole makes with the tree is approximately 70.3 degrees.
To find the angle that the bamboo pole makes with the tree, we can use trigonometry. We have a right triangle formed by the bamboo pole, the tree, and the ground.
Let's denote the angle that the pole makes with the ground as θ (theta).
Using the information given, we know that the length of the pole (the hypotenuse of the triangle) is 8 meters and the distance from the foot of the pole to the base of the tree (the adjacent side of the triangle) is 3 meters.
The trigonometric function that relates the adjacent side and the hypotenuse is cosine (cos). So, we can use the cosine function to find the angle.
cos(θ) = adjacent / hypotenuse
cos(θ) = 3 / 8
To find the value of θ, we can take the inverse cosine (arccos) of both sides:
θ = arccos(3 / 8)
Using a scientific calculator, evaluate arccos(3 / 8) to find the angle in radians or degrees.
Once you have the value of θ, you will know the angle that the bamboo pole makes with the tree.
So you want the angle at the top of the triangle where the pole touches the tree.
then the "opposite" is 3 and the adjacent is 8
looks like a tan relationship
tanØ = 3/8
Ø = 20.56°