SOLUTION: A 5-foot-8-inch person standing 12 feet from a streetlight casts an 8-foot shadow. What is the angle depression from the top of the streetlight to the tip of the shadow?

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Question 1105641: A 5-foot-8-inch person standing 12 feet from a streetlight casts an 8-foot shadow. What is the angle depression from the top of the streetlight to the tip of the shadow?
Answer by ikleyn(52810)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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 =  =  =   =  = 0.7083 (approx.)


 = 0.6163 radian = 35.4 degrees.


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