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olga2289 [7]
4 years ago
8

The angle of elevation to the sun is 24°. What is the length of the shadow cast by a person 1.82 m tall?

Mathematics
1 answer:
emmainna [20.7K]4 years ago
3 0
The TOA part of SOH CAH TOA tells you ...
  Tangent = Opposite/Adjacent

When applied to the triangle of shadow and person, this means
  tan(24°) = (1.82 m)/(shadow length)
This can be rearranged to
  (shadow length) = (1.82 m)/tan(24°) ≈ 4.09 m
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