document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=575215>Question 575215</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the angle of elevation of the sun when a 7.6-meter flagpole casts an 18.2-meter shadow. Round to the nearest tenth of a degree </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "sol :<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you need to draw a diagram for this question it will bne helpfull<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so i can describe the diagram for this ques as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a pole (horizontal line ab = 7.6m) .draw a vertical line from end of the hori.line (shadow ,ac= 18.2 m) then join bc , this will be our hypotnuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where angle cba is the angle of elevation what you need to find out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you know the opposite side and adjacent side <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so tan thita = opp/adj.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "             =7.6/18.2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "             =.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for thita(angle) = 23 deg (rounding to nearest tenth) </SPAN>\n" );
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