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QuestionFind the height of a smokestack that casts a shadow of 15801580 ft when the Sun's angle of elevation is 3838^{\circ}.

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Calculate the height of the smokestack.
Height=tan(38)×1580ft1200ftHeight = \tan(38^{\circ}) \times1580\, ft \approx1200\, ftThe smokestack is approximately1200 ft tall.

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