SOLUTION: Find the measure of the angle between CA and CH in the diagram below. Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/HNIURFt

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Question 1148270: Find the measure of the angle between CA and CH in the diagram below.
Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/HNIURFt
Answer by greenestamps(13216) About Me  (Show Source):
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Triangle ACH is a right triangle with right angle at A.

tan(C) = opposite/adjacent = AH/AC.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find AC; then C = arctan(AH/AC).