A detective knows what time of day it is based on the angle at which the sun is hitting a man. Suppose a detective is looking at a photograph of a 6-foot tall man with a shadow that is 3.5 feet. Find the angle at which the sun is hitting the ground.

The angle at which the sun is hitting the ground is:

Step-by-step explanation:

You can use right angle trigonometry to solve this, since the man (6 ft tall) and the shadow on the ground (3.5 ft long) form a right angle triangle as shown on the attached image.

The use the tangent function to find the angle that the sun's rays make with the ground:

y=3x+4

step-by-step explanation:

given the points a(0,4) and b(-4, -8)

eqn of line ab: (y-4)/(x-0)=(-8-4)/(-4-0)

(y-4)/x=-12/-4=3

y=3x+4