document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=624459>Question 624459</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bullet was fired such that it just grazed the top of the table. It entered a wall, which was 12.60 ft from the graze point in the table, at a point 4.63ft above the tabletop. At what angle was the bullet fired above the horizontal?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Because the wall and the top of the table forms a angle of 90 degrees, you can apply trig.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tan x = opposite/adjacent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = tan^(-1) (opposite/adjacent)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = tan^(-1) (4.63/12.60)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = tan^(-1) 0.36746<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 20.2 degrees\r<BR>\n" );
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