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document.write( "I have the question but I am not very able to do it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A church spire 82 metres high casts a shadow 62 metres long.  Find the angle of elevation of the sun at that moment.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help. Thanks a lot.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CH Lam </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A church spire 82 metres high casts a shadow 62 metres long.  Find the angle of elevation of the sun at that moment.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a right triangle, the spire (I'm not sure what that is, I am assuming that it goes all the way down to the ground) is the side going up and down opposite the angle with the ground, the shadow is the side ajacent to the angle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Opposite side=82m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ajacent side=62m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angle of elevation=x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tan(x)=opposite/ajacent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=tan%28x%29=82m%2F62m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"tan%28x%29=82m%2F62m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=tan%28x%29=41%2F31 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"tan%28x%29=41%2F31\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=tan^(-1)(41/31)<--inverse tan or arctan<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=52.907 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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