Question

At 10 am on april 26, 2000, a building 300 feet high casts a shadow 50 feet long. What is the angle of the elevation of the sun?

Answer 1

I found: `80.5^@`

Explanation:

Considering the diagram:

We can use the tangent to write:
`300/50=tan(alpha)`
and:
`alpha=arctan(300/50)=80.5^@`