Question

A 37 foot tree cats a 19 foot shadow. what is the angle of elevation
of the sun

Answer 1

53.9°

Step-by-step explanation:

you form a right triangle with the legs being 37 and 27, Draw a straight line joining the end of the shadow to the top of the three. This will give a complete right angled triangle.

Then introducing the tan function

tan = opp/adj

tanx= 37/27

tanx= 1.37

From here you can then find the angle "x" by pressing the tan inverse of (1.37) on a calculator.A

rcta x=1.37