Question

A skyscraper is 396 meters tall. At a certain time of day, it casts a shadow that is 332 meters long. At what angle is the sun above the horizon at that time?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Scarlett is trying to find the height of a dam. She stands 90 meters away from the dam and records the angle of elevation to the top of the dam to be 26º.

Answer 3

the scarlett one is my question

Answer 4

i copied and posted the wrong question

Answer 5

Okay, so we have a right triangle..

Answer 6

We have the adjacent and we want to find the opposite.

Use tangent.

\(\sf tangent = \dfrac{Opposite}{Adjacent}\)

\(\sf tan(20^o) = \dfrac{x}{90}\)

Plug in tan 20 degrees into your calculator..what do you get?

Answer 7

Or put it in google.

Answer 8

0

Answer 9

or 0.22

Answer 10

???

Answer 11

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