Mast
Mast has 13 m long shadow on a slope rising from the mast foot in the direction of the shadow angle at angle 13.3°. Determine the height of the mast if the sun above the horizon is at an angle 45°12'.
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- planimetrics
- right triangle
- triangle
- basic functions
- ratio
- reason
- goniometry and trigonometry
- sine
- cosine
- tangent
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