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A tower that is 107 feet tall casts a shadow 112 feet long. Find the angle of elevation of the sun to the nearest degree.

User Andrei Berenda
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Draw the picture.

You have a right triangle with height = 107 and base = 131

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angle = tan^-1(107/131) = 39.24 degrees

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