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enot [183]
3 years ago
5

Dr. Black is standing 15 feet from a streetlamp. The lamp is making his shadow 8 feet long. He estimates that the angle of eleva

tion from the tip of his shadow to the top of the street lamp 50 degrees. To the nearest foot, the streetlamp is about

Mathematics
1 answer:
Stella [2.4K]3 years ago
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Check the picture below.

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