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A street in San Francisco rises 20 feet for every 100 feet horizontally. What is the measure of the angle of elevation, x, to the nearest degree?

A street in San Francisco rises 20 feet for every 100 feet horizontally. What is the measure of the angle of elevation, x, to the nearest degree?
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A street in San Francisco rises 20 feet for every 100 feet horizontally. What is the measure of the angle of elevation,

x, to the nearest degree?

User Glorifundel
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Answer:

11°

Explanation:

tan ∅ = 20/100 = 0.2

∅ = 11.31°

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