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The height of an outdoor basketball backboard is 12 1/3 feet and the backboard casts a shadow 19 1/5 feet. Find the angle of elevation of the sun (answer in units of degrees). Can someone help me with the formula? Thank you!

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If the angle is x,

tan x = 12.3333/19.2

Better review your trig ratios...

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