At a certain time of the day, a 4-meter-tall vertical pole casts a shadow of 3 meters. What is the angle of elevation, to the nearest degree, of the Sun?
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We have a vertical pole of height 4 meters and a shadow of length 3 meters. The angle of elevation of the Sun is the angle between the ground and the line from the top of the pole to the Sun. Let's call this angle Īø. Using trigonometry, we can set up the Show moreā¦
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