SOLUTION: A street post standing vertically on level sureface cast a shadow of 6 meters. Find the tangent of angle that the rays of the sun make with the horizontal.

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Question 1019533: A street post standing vertically on level sureface cast a shadow of 6 meters. Find the tangent of angle that the rays of the sun make with the horizontal.
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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Tangent is opposite over adjacent.
The tan of this angle is post height/6