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Mary is standing 60 meters from the base of a cliff. The cliff is 200 meters tall. What is the angle of elevation to the top of the cliff?

 Feb 10, 2016
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wait I'm working on it

 Feb 10, 2016
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Let the angle be x

tan(x)=200/60

tan(x)=3 1/3

arctan(3 1/3)=x

x=73.30 degrees

 Feb 10, 2016

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