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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)
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65°
65°

45°
45°

35°
35°

55°
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55°

Reason: Treating the triangle as right-angled, tan(θ) = opposite/adjacent = 5 / 3.5 = 10/7 ≈ 1.4286, so θ ≈ arctan(1.4286) ≈ 55°.