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7.6 Exercise 126

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Graph the points and find a possible formula for the trigonometric values in the given table.

A man with his eye level 6 feet above the ground is standing 3 feet away from the base of a 15-foot vertical ladder. If he looks to the top of the ladder, at what angle above horizontal is he looking?

OpenStax Precalculus 2e, 7.6 Modeling with Trigonometric Functions, exercise 126

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