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At 11 am on January 13 If the length of the shadow is 2 m and 44 cm what is the Suns zenith angle?
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∙ 13y ago
The angle of the sun can be worked out through trigonometry, but first you will need the height of the object that is causing the shadow, since a taller object will make a longer shadow.
Tan a = H/2.44 Where a is the angle and H is the height of the object.
And the date is not relevant.
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