SOLUTION: how do you find the shadow length when you already have the height and angle of the elevation of sun???

SOLUTION: how do you find the shadow length when you already have the height and angle of the elevation of sun???

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Question 854214: how do you find the shadow length when you already have the height and angle of the elevation of sun???
Answer by aditya2117(32) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If u have the height and the angle,
then
tan(Angle)= Height/Base
Base(Shadow)= Height/Tan(Angle)
That's it!!
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