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Answer:

61°

Explanation:

You want the angle XCA in the figure, given that angle XBA is 70°, and ABCD is a rectangle with AB=5.6m and BC=6.4m. Angles at A are right angles.

Diagonal

The length of diagonal AC is found using the Pythagorean theorem.

AC² = AB² +BC²

AC = √(5.6² +6.4²) = 0.8√113 ≈ 8.504 . . . . meters

Height

The length XA is found using the tangent function:

Tan = Opposite/Adjacent

tan(B) = XA/AB

XA = AB·tan(B) = 5.6·tan(70°) . . . . meters

Angle

The angle XCA is found from the tangent relation:

tan(XCA) = XA/AC

tan(XCA) = 5.6·tan(70°)/(0.8√113) = 7·tan(70°)/√113

angle XCA = arctan(7·tan(70°)/√113) ≈ 61.07°

The angle XC makes with the horizontal is about 61°.

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