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If the sun is 40 degrees above the horizon, a 5-ft person casts a shadow 5ft 11.5in long (rounded)
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How tall is a bird bath that casts a 9 foot shadow?
That is an impossible question it could be any size the length of the shadow is dictated by the angle if the light source.
How long is the shadow cast by a 21 foot tree?
The answer depends on the angle of the sun. That will depend on the time of day, latitude and the season.
1 inch per foot equals what angle?
5 degrees
Dr Black is standing 25 feet from a streetlamp and he is casting an 8 foot shadow he estimates that the angle of elevation from the tip of his shadow to the top of thestreetlamp is 20 the streetlamp y?
14 feet
The shadow of a flag pole shortens 50 feet as the angle of the sun decreses from 60 to 40 find the nearest foot the height of the flagpole?
56 feet.
How do you find the angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow of a 12 foot flag pole to the top of the pole is 60 degrees?
is that the entire question because you already gave the angle, meaning you now have every angle for the triangle created by the pole and shadow
What is the angle of elevation to the nearest degree of the sun if a 54 foot flagpole casts a shadow 74 feet long?
36 degrees
How tall is a bird bath that casts a 9 foot shadow?
That is an impossible question it could be any size the length of the shadow is dictated by the angle if the light source.
How tall is a nearby tree that casts a 13 foot 5 inch shadow?
It depends on the angle of the sun. The height of the tree is equal to the lenght of its shadow times the cotangent (or divided by the tangent) of the sun's angle above the horizon.
How tall is a boy that casts a 4 ft shadow?
The height of a boy that casts a 4 foot long shadow depends on the angle of the sun. A tangent can be used to calculate his height if we know the angle of the sun using the equation: Height = shadow length x tangent of the angle of the sun. Using a calculator, it is easy to get the value of the tangent for any angle and then complete the equation.
Find the length of the shadow of a six foot man standing fifteen feet from a twenty foot pole?
without the angle of light source this cannot be determined
How long is the shadow cast by a 21 foot tree?
The answer depends on the angle of the sun. That will depend on the time of day, latitude and the season.
1 inch per foot equals what angle?
5 degrees
How tall is a person that casts a 9 foot shadow?
Depends on the time of day (the angle of the sun). Think of the person as being at a right angle to the ground, and the shadow being the other side. The distance from the person's head to the end of the shadow is the hypotenuse. (a^2 + b^2= c^2) a= height of person, b= shadow. If you have the angle of the sun to the ground, you can use Sine/ Cosine to calculate the length.
Dr Black is standing 25 feet from a streetlamp and he is casting an 8 foot shadow he estimates that the angle of elevation from the tip of his shadow to the top of thestreetlamp is 20 the streetlamp y?
14 feet
If a tree cast a shadow of 20 feet how tall is the tree?
That would depend on the angle of light on the tree.Any height.When the Sun is low, in the morning or evening close to the horizon, even a short object will cast a long shadow. When the Sun is directly overhead (at noon between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer) objects cast no shadow.If you tell us your location and the time you are measuring then there would be a possibility of calculating an answer.At noon on one of the equinoxes in Montpelier VT (or anywhere at the latitude of 45 degrees north or 45 degrees south) a 20 foot tall tree will cast a 20 foot shadow.
How tall is a tree that casts a 48 ft shadow?
No way of telling, it depends on the angle of the sun.Any height.When the Sun is low, in the morning or evening close to the horizon, even a short object will cast a long shadow. When the Sun is directly overhead (at noon between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer) objects cast no shadow.If you tell us your location and the time you are measuring then there would be a possibility of calculating an answer.At noon on one of the equinoxes in Montpelier VT (or anywhere at the latitude of 45 degrees north or 45 degrees south) a 48 foot tall tree will cast a 48 foot shadow.
