document.write( "Question 147839: a 5 foot emma student casts an 8 foot shadow. how high is the sun in the sky? this is another way6 to ask the angle of elevation of the sun.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #108225 by Earlsdon(6294) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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You can form a right triangle whose height, h, = 5 ft, and whose base is 8 ft.
\n" ); document.write( "The angle, A, of elevation would be the angle between the base of the right triangle and the hypotenuse.
\n" ); document.write( "The tangent of this angle is the side opposite the angle over the side adjacent to the angle, so...
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Tan%28A%29+=+5%2F8\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Tan%28A%29+=+0.625\"$ To find the angle A, take the arctangent.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A+=+arctan%280.625%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A+=+32.0053832081\"$ degrees.\r
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