+327 A utility pole is 38 ft tall. The pole creates a 53 ft shadow. What is the angle of elevation of the sun? Round your answer to the nearest degree. Please show STEP-BY-STEP work and explanation, I'm really trying to understand and learn from this.
*i think this is what they triangle would look like...
Thank you
+128473 Not that difficult.....
We know an opposite side to the angle [ the height of the pole]
And we know the adjacent side to the angle [ the shadow length ]
"x" is the elevation angle [ what we are looking for ]
So....the trig function that relates opp / adj is the tangent
So....we have
tan x = 38 /53
Now....to find the angle use the tangent inverse
The other problem I anwered went through this step-by-step.....let me know if you didn't understand it......
So
arctan (38/53) ≈ 35.64° = 36° = x
