SOLUTION: If a tree has a height of 50 meters, and projects a shadow of 17 meters along the ground, what is the angle of the sun above the tree? answer is 71 degrees. Need to know step

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Question 109662: If a tree has a height of 50 meters, and projects a shadow of 17 meters along the ground, what is the angle of the sun above the tree?

answer is 71 degrees. Need to know steps
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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If a tree has a height of 50 meters, and projects a shadow of 17 meters along the ground, what is the angle of the sun above the tree?
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The vertical value is 50 meters; the horizontal value=17 meters
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Tangent(theta) = vertical/horizontal = 50/17
Theta = tan^-1(50/17) = 71.22 degrees
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Stan H.