Finding the Length of Javelin on the Ground The question is as follows: > A javelin lands with six feet of its length sticking out of the ground, making a 52-degree angle with the ground. The sun is directly overhead. The javelin's shadow on the ground is an example of a perpendicular projection. Find its length, to the nearest inch. I do not have any idea as to how I should start approaching this problem. It's mainly because I cannot visualise this properly given the details given in the problem. I would greatly appreciate it if someone can explain this problem to me along with visuals. Thanks in advance.

Since the sun is directly overhead, the javelin casts a shadow directly underneath the part of the javelin that sticks out of the ground.

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What you need to do is find $s$, the length of the shadow that the javelin projects on the ground. Which trigonometric ratio relates the length of the shadow to the length of the javelin?