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If the ratio of the height of a tower and the length of its shadow is 3:1, what is the angle of elevation of the Sun?

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Let be the angle of elevation of sun is.

Given that: Height of tower is meters and length of shadow is 1.

Here we have to find angle of elevation of sun.

In a triangle,

Hence the angle of elevation of sun is .


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