The base of a rectangle measures 8 feet and the altitude measures 6 feet. find to the nearest degree, the measure of the angle that the diagonal makes with the base.

Answer :

The rectangle can be drawn as follows:

The angle we are to find is labelled θ.

Considering ΔDBC, we can use the Tangent Trigonometric Ratio to get the angle:

[tex]\tan \theta=\frac{BC}{DC}[/tex]

Therefore, we can substitute as follows:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \tan \theta=\frac{6}{8} \\ \tan \theta=0.75 \\ \theta=\tan ^{-1}0.75 \\ \theta=36.9\approx37^{\circ} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the angle is 37°

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