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Calculating an angle: A man lies 270 horizontal feet from the base of a wall that is 76 feet high. At what angle must he incline his eyes in order to look at the top of the wall?
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Step 1: Draw a right-angled triangle with the man's position as the base, the height of the wall as the vertical side, and the line of sight as the hypotenuse. Show more…
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