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Find the angle of elevation to the sun given that a 7.6 meter flagpole casts an 18.2 meter shadow on the ground.
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Answer:

22.7

Explanation:

Okay so the situation given shows a right triangle with the two sides being 7.6 and 18.2. So we can find the angle of elevation using tangent, which is tan-1*7.6/18.2. I got 22.66 so 22.7

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