A plumb bob (a small weight on a string) suspended from the center of a protractor can be used to measure the angle of elevation of a treetop. If the string crosses the protractor's scale at the anglemarked P, what is the measure of the angle of elevation?angle ofelevation...

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A plumb bob (a small weight on a string) suspended from the center of a protractor can be used to measure the angle of elevation of a treetop. If the string crosses the protractor's scale at the angle marked P, what is the measure of the angle of elevation? angle of elevation