SOLUTION: Aditya wants to know the angle of elevation when he looks up at a palm tree. He walks exactly 32 feet from the base of the palm tree and looks up. The top of the palm tree is 23.25

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Question 1062979: Aditya wants to know the angle of elevation when he looks up at a palm tree. He walks exactly 32 feet from the base of the palm tree and looks up. The top of the palm tree is 23.25 feet above his eye level.
What is the angle of elevation from Aditya's eye level to the top of the palm tree?
The angle of elevation is approximately __________°.
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Aditya wants to know the angle of elevation when he looks up at a palm tree. He walks exactly 32 feet from the base of the palm tree and looks up. The top of the palm tree is 23.25 feet above his eye level.
What is the angle of elevation from Aditya's eye level to the top of the palm tree?
The angle of elevation is approximately arctan(23.25/32) = 36°.
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Stan H.
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