SOLUTION: Find to the nearest degree the measure of the angle of elevation of the sun when a student 170 centimeters tall casts a shadow 170 centimeters long.
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Question 548801: Find to the nearest degree the measure of the angle of elevation of the sun when a student 170 centimeters tall casts a shadow 170 centimeters long.
Explain it too please.
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
height divided by shadow length is the tangent of the angle of elevation
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