a 175cm tall student casts a shadow that is 2.3cm long. at the same time, a tree casts a shadow that is 8.2m longest

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Aspen Schmidt

26 January, 18:40

a 175cm tall student casts a shadow that is 2.3cm long. at the same time, a tree casts a shadow that is 8.2m longest

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Butterfinger · Answer 1

Ok so I'm assuming the question is how the tall is we need to find the Angle of the sun so

Student : 175

Shadow: 2.3

Hypotenuse: 175.0151136

Using - cos (175/175.0151136) we find the

Suns angle:.753 Above him/her

Our tree's shadow:8.2

Using the suns angle we use cos (x