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Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305652224

Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Publisher:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

Chapter3: Radian Measure

Section3.2: Radians And Degrees

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an aerial photograph shows that a building casts a shadow 40m long when the angle of elevation of the sun was 32 degrees. How tall is the building

Figure in plane geometry formed by two rays or lines that share a common endpoint, called the vertex. The angle is measured in degrees using a protractor. The different types of angles are acute, obtuse, right, straight, and reflex.

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