Question

Tomas is pushing a box up a ramp that rises one foot for every four feet of horizontal distance. What is the approximate measure of angle x?

Answer 1

This is exactly the way the tangent function operates.
Tangent = opposite / adjacent
Tangent = one foot / four feet
Tangent (angle x) = 1 / 4
Arc Tangent (angle x) =
Arc Tangent (.25) = 14.036 Degrees