SOLUTION: A steel beam is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the beam is 15 feet from the wall and the top of the beam touches a place on the wall that is 10 feet up from the ground. What
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Question 437754: A steel beam is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the beam is 15 feet from the wall and the top of the beam touches a place on the wall that is 10 feet up from the ground. What is the size of the angle that the beam makes with the ground? Round your answer to the nearest degree.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tan^-1(10/15) = 33.69 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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