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Aleonysh [2.5K]
3 years ago
7

An 18 ft. tree casts a 15 ft. long shadow as shown in the following figure. Which of the following is the angle formed by the su

n's rays and the ground?

Mathematics
1 answer:
BabaBlast [244]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The angle is 50.2°.

Step-by-step explanation:

The tree and its shadow from a right triangle with the tree being the perpendicular and the shadow being the base as shown in the figure attached.

Therefore the angle θ formed by the sun's rays and the ground is:

\theta = tan^-1(\frac{18}{15} )=\boxed{50.2^o}

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