A man on the tenth floor of a building shouts down to a person on the street. If the man is 25 feet up and the distance between the person on the street and the man in the building is 50 feet, what is the angle of elevation (in degrees) between the person on the street and the person in the building?

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anonymous · Answer

Those are very tiny floors .....25 feet up ...10 floors...2.5 feet a floor

anonymous · Answer

These problem always help if you draw a picture!
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Doing this, you can see where the 'regular' problem exists.
Does this help?