A broken flagpole forms a right triangle with the ground. If the angle which the broken part makes  with the ground is 53°, and the distance from the tip of the pole to the foot is 53 feet, how tall if the  flagpole?

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A broken flagpole forms a right triangle with the ground. If the angle which the broken part makes 
with the ground is 53°, and the distance from the tip of the pole to the foot is 53 feet, how tall if the 
flagpole?

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