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3 years ago

Find the angle of elevation of the sun when a 12.5 meter tall telephone pole casts an 18 meter

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To answer this problem, you should know the formula that we will be using and this would be:
Angle of elevation = arc tan( (vertical height)/(length of the shadow)).

Plugging in the values in the formula. Here, this angle is:

arc tan (12.5/18) = <span>34.78 degrees</span>

The answer would be approximately 34.78 degrees

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Step-by-step explanation:

(a)

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$f'(A)=\frac{dB}{dA}=\sqrt{3}$ from part b

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$f(x)=f'(A).(x-A)+f(A)\\\\=f'(\frac{\pi}{4}).(x-\frac{\pi}{4})+f(\frac{\pi}{4})\\\\=\sqrt{3}.[x-\frac{\pi}{4}]+\frac{\pi}{3}$

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