The angle of elevation from a kicker's foot on the football field to the top of the goal post is 17 degrees. If he is standing 131 feet from the base of the goal post, how tall is the goal post?​

The goal post is 40.05 feet tall.

Step-by-step explanation:First, you need to decide whether to use sin, tan or cos.

You have the angle, the adjacent and need the opposite , so you need to find out which one has all three values in

Sin  

Cos  

Tan  

So you need to use tan.

Tan = opposite / adjacent, so rearrange the formula to make opposite the subject:

[tex]Opp = Tan * adj

So simply plug these values in:

[tex]Opp =131 * tan(17) = 40.05

So the goal post is 40.05 feet tall

the correct option is 2.

step-by-step explanation:

according to the given information triangle abc is a right angle triangle with right angle at a. segment ab is 5 and segment ac is 7. point d is on segment bc and angles adb and adc are right angles.

it is given that triangles abd, cad, and cba are similar.

two triangles are similar if their corresponding sides are proportional.

in triangle cba, using pythagoras theorem

                      )

triangle abd and cba are similar,

                            (2)

triangle cad and cba are similar,

                      )

using (1), (2) and (3), we get

hence proved.

therefore option 2 is correct.

δabc ≅ δdcb by sas because

db ≅ ac . . given (side)

bc ≅ bc . . reflexive property (side)

∠dbc ≅ ∠ acb . . alternate interior angles where transversal bc crosses parallel lines bd and ac (included angle)