A person walking down the street notices his shadow. If the angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the sun is 60° and

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A person walking down the street notices his shadow. If the angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the sun is 60° and

the length of the shadow is 5 feet, what is the distance from the top of his head to the tip of his shadow (round to 2 decimal places)?

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Burka [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-06T09:34:48+03:00

Burka [1]3 years ago

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In order to do this, you will have to draw a triangle, then use sin, cos, and tan to solve for the distance.

statuscvo [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-06T11:15:48+03:00

statuscvo [17]3 years ago

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Answer: 10.00 feet

Step-by-step explanation: The correct answer is 10.00 feet. Since you know this a right triangle you can use the trig ratios. You know the angle and the adjacent side and you are trying to find the hypotenuse so you use cosine. cos 60° = 5/x .