Question

A dog is standing 5 feet from the base of a tree, looking up at a cat that has climbed 16 feet up the tree. What is the angle of elevation from the point the dog is standing on the ground to the cat?

Answer 1

Answer:

x=72.6

Step-by-step explanation:

use inverse trig because your finding a missing angle. use tan because you haved opp/adj

tan-1=(16/5)

x=tan-1(16/5)

*use a calculator

x=72.6