Find the angle of elevation when given the length of a shadow

The video tutorial covers solving a problem involving the height of a basketball backboard and its shadow. It involves converting measurements from feet to inches, using right triangles, and applying trigonometric functions to find the angle of elevation of the sun. The tutorial also addresses calculation errors and corrections, emphasizing the importance of using the correct mode in calculators.

What is the relationship between the opposite side and the adjacent side in the context of this problem?

How do you calculate the tangent of the angle Theta in this scenario?

What is the approximate value of Theta in degrees?