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You are making a banner for your cousin's birthday party. You start by cutting out triangle pieces of cardstock paper; to not waste paper, you choose to cut the paper diagonally. Each piece of cardstock paper measures five inches in height with a base of three and a half inches. After cutting, what is the approximate angle formed at the base of the triangle?(1 point)
Responses

55°
55°

65°
65°

35°
35°

45°

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The triangle is a right triangle with tan(base angle) = height/base = 5/3.5 = 1.4286.
θ = arctan(1.4286) ≈ 55°.

Answer: 55°.