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Find the angle of elevation of the sun if a building 100 feet tall casts a shadow 150 feet long. Round to the nearest degree.

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Answer:

33.69006753°

Step-by-step explanation:

The image explains the process on how I got the answer, by using SOH CAH TOA, we can determine that we need to use the inverse of tan (tan^-1) to solve this problem.

Find the angle of elevation of the sun if a building 100 feet tall casts a shadow-example-1
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