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2 1 point A high rise apartment is on fire. There are two people in a window that-example-1
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We have the following:

We can calculate the angle by means of the trigonometric cosine ratios, as follows:


\begin{gathered} \cos \theta=\frac{\text{adjacent}}{\text{hypotenuse}} \\ \text{adjacent = 15} \\ \text{hypotenuse = 28} \end{gathered}

replacing:


\begin{gathered} \cos \theta=(15)/(28) \\ \theta=\cos ^(-1)(15)/(28) \\ \theta=57.6\text{\degree} \end{gathered}

Therefore the angle formed is 57.6 degrees

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