A lamppost casts a shadow of 18 ft when the angle lamppost? Round to the nearest foot.

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Q: A famous golfer tees off on a long, straight 450 yard par 4 and slices his drive 16° to the right of…

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Q: 3. A 28 ft-long ladder leaning against a wall makes an angle of 70° with the ground Determine the…

A: Length of ladder = 28 ft Angle made by ladder on ground=70 degree Vertical height h=?

Q: It is 58 road miles from Denver to the Eisenhower tunnel. Denver is 5882 ft above sea level. The…

A: The distance between Denver to the Eisenhower Tunnel is 58 milesDenver is 5882 ft above mean sea…

Q: Lisa stands at the window of a building looking for her lost cat. She spots her cat 58.5 m away from…

A: Lisa spots the cat from the window of building which is at a height of 12.6 m.  The cat is at a…

Q: Find the angle of elevation of the sun, in degrees, when a 12 meter tall telephone pole casts a 21.6…

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Q: In ΔQRS, the measure of ∠S=90°, QR = 71 feet, and SQ = 50 feet. Find the measure of ∠R to the…

A: We have to find the angle

Q: A tower that is 30 m tall casts a shadow 75 m long. Find the angle of elevation of the sun.

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Q: There is an escalator that is 1083.6 feet long and drops a vertical distance of 196.1 feet. What is…

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Q: A kite is 50 feet high when 170 feet of string is out. What angle does the kite make with the ground…

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Q: A man is 550 feet from the base of a very tall building. The building is standing on a large flat…

A: We sketch the situation roughly. Let the height of the building is = h feet

Q: The height of an inaccessible cliff needs to be calculated. From a boat, which is 187 meters out…

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Q: Virginia is flying a Cessna and is descending at a 9° angle towards a runway. If she can see a…

A: Step 1:Step 2:Step 3:…

Q: If a wagon wheel had 10 more spokes, the angle between spokes would decrease by 3°. How many spokes…

A: Given data is : A wagon wheel has 10 more spokes, the angle between spoke is decrease by 3∘ To find…

Q: An observer on a ship sights a mountain cliff at a 32-degree angle. The cliff is 1250 feet above sea…

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Ratios

A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.

Trigonometric Ratios

Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.