SOLUTION: The world's largest escalator is in the subway system in St. Peters-burg, Russia. The escalator is 330.7m long and rises a vertical distance of 59.7m. What is the angle of elevatio

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Question 974824: The world's largest escalator is in the subway system in St. Peters-burg, Russia. The escalator is 330.7m long and rises a vertical distance of 59.7m. What is the angle of elevation of the escalator when viewed from the bottom, to the nearest degree?
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Depending on the notation with which you are familiar. The rest is just calculator work and rounding per instructions.

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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it