Question 147839
You can form a right triangle whose height, h, = 5 ft, and whose base is 8 ft.
The angle, A, of elevation would be the angle between the base of the right triangle and the hypotenuse.
The tangent of this angle is the side opposite the angle over the side adjacent to the angle, so...
{{{Tan(A) = 5/8}}}
{{{Tan(A) = 0.625}}} To find the angle A, take the arctangent.
{{{A = arctan(0.625)}}}
{{{A = 32.0053832081}}}degrees.

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