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A bird traveled a horizontal distance of 300 ft, over a distance that
rose 150 ft. What is the angle of elevation that the bird made with the
ground (round to the nearest tenth)?

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Answer:

  26.6°

Step-by-step explanation:

The tangent of the elevation angle is the ratio of rise to run:

  tan(angle) = 150 ft/(300 ft) = 1/2

Then the angle is the arctangent of this value:

  angle = arctan(1/2) ≈ 26.6°

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