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A 10-foot tree casts a 17-foot shadow directly down a slope when the angle of elevation of the sun is 42o (see figure). Find , the angle of elevation of the ground (to the nearest tenth of a degree). (A calculator is needed for this problem)

A 10-foot tree casts a 17-foot shadow directly down a slope when the angle of elevation-example-1

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Answer:

The angel of this elevation is 30.5°

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