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A flagpole 50ft high casts a 35 ft shadow. Find, to the nearest degree, the measure of the angle of the sun.

 
 Nov 1, 2015
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It sounds like a tangent relationship:

Tan(x)=50/35=1.42857..........

Atan(1.42857)=55.00 degrees.

 Nov 1, 2015

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