Asked by Jill

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Jamal is hanging up Christmas lights in his front yard to mimic the look of a Christmas tree. He startsby placing a pole in the ground and then extending strands of lights from the top of the pole to theground in a circular pattern. The pole is 9 feet tall once placed in the ground, and each light strand is 16feet long. If he attaches a strand of lights to the top of the pole and extends it down to the ground, whatis the angle formed between the light strand and the pole? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
The angle measure is approximately
°.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
cos(theta) = adjacent/hypotenuse = 9/16, so
theta = arccos(9/16) ≈ 55.8°.

The angle is approximately 55.8°.