dwayneburton19 dwayneburton19
  • 03-07-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

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

Respuesta :

sqdancefan
sqdancefan sqdancefan
  • 03-07-2018
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
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

What is the value of the expression? [(-4+3) X (4 + 2) – 5] x 3 A. -33 B. -21 C. 15 D. 27 E. 38
can someone tell me what 12x4 is
What is the best estimate for 57% of 29? Please answer quickly
PLEASE HELP What's the mass in grams of 0.442 moles of calcium bromide, CaBr2? The atomicweight of Ca is 40.1 and the atomic weight of Br is 79.9.A) 452.3 gB) 5
Pls help dew in 5 minutes and pls no trolling also it just questions 5
If you know what grade you got on each assignment, how do you calculate your overall grade? Find the score that you got most often. Line up all the scores in or
Can some one please answer this question I'm stuck. Giving brainleist whoever gets the right answer.
4/3 (3x-12)=2x+8 what is x
I will mark you brainliest if you mark me brainliest. Just create another question.
How is inductive reasoning part of the scientific method ?​