2. A pole broken by the wind forms a right triangle with the horizontal ground. If the angle of the broken pole makes an angle of 30° with the ground and the distance from the tip of the pole to the foot is 63 ft, how tall was the pole before it broke? Let h be the height of the pole. h = a +c a 63 ft 63 ft (tan 30°) 36.35 ft 63 ft C 63 ft cos 30° 63 ft 30% A 0.866 C c = 72.75 ft h = a +c = 36.35 ft + 72.75 ft = 109.10 ft tan 30º = a = a = cos 30º = B a b = 63 ft​