SOLUTION: the ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1:root3. what is the altitude of the sun?

Question 209219: the ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1:root3. what is the altitude of the sun?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Altitude"? Perhaps you mean "angle of elevation"
The angle of elevation is the angle (A) formed between the ground and the line-of-sight from the end of the rod's shadow to to top of the rod.
The given ratio of is the tangent of the angle (A) of elevation. To find the angle, take the inverse tangent, often written as , (the angle whose tangent is A) which can be found on your calculator.

The angle of elevation of the sun is 30 degrees.
The altitude of the sun?...93,000,000 miles?
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