The sun casts a shadow of a pine tree on the ground. The tree is 65 feet tall. The angle of depression is 53.4°. What is the length of the shadow?
1 Answer
Dec 19, 2016
Explanation:
Here height of the tree, its shadow and ground form a right angled triangle.
Angle of depression = angle of elevation =
Therefore
or, #tan 53.4° = 65/"shadow
or, shadow =
So, length of the shadow =