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Lucia is 5.5 feet tall. She is standing on the roof of a building that is 80 feet tall. She spots a fountain at ground level that she knows to be 122 feet away from the base of the building. What is the measure of the angle of depression formed by Lucia's horizontal line of sight and her line of sight to the fountain? Round your answer to the nearest degree.

User Jeffasante
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Answer:

about 35°

Explanation:

tan^-1(85.5/122)

35.02352736°

=35°

User Andrey Sobolev
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