Given:
At a certain time, a 5 m vertical pole casts 2 m shadow.
Required:
What is the angle of elevation of the sun?
Explanation:
We will first draw the figure
We will use trigonometric ratio:
[tex]tan\theta=\frac{Perpendicular}{Base}[/tex]Now,
[tex]\begin{gathered} tan\theta=\frac{5}{2} \\ \theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{5}{2}) \\ \theta=68.1986 \end{gathered}[/tex]Answer:
Hence, answer is above.
