SOLUTION: A flagpole casts a show that creates a right triangle with the ground. If the angle between the shadow and the flagpole is 22 degrees .what is the angle between the flagpole and th

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Question 1207176: A flagpole casts a show that creates a right triangle with the ground. If the angle between the shadow and the flagpole is 22 degrees .what is the angle between the flagpole and the ground?
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given a right triangle
since the sum of all angles in triangle is 180° and one angle is 90°, the sum of remining two angles must be 90°
if the angle between the shadow and the flagpole is 22°, than the angle between the flagpole and the ground will be 90-22=68°