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Shadows and Towers: Use Trig to Find Heights & Shadow Lengths

Turn sun–shadow scenes into clean right-triangle setups. You’ll practice choosing the correct ratio (mostly tan = height/shadow), rearranging to solve for unknown heights or shadow lengths, and checking answers with...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 10 | Last updated: Nov 10, 2025

Sample Question
A 15 m flagpole casts a 20 m shadow. What is the sun’s angle of elevation (nearest degree)?

37°

41°

53°

62°