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A 24 ft shadow is cast by a ladder that is 7 ft tall. Find the tangent of the angle that the sunbeam makes with the ground
13 years ago

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7 ft = height
24 ft = length of shadow

Angle with horizontal (ground)
= tan<sup>-1</sup>(7/24)

I will let you do the calculator part.
13 years ago

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