Visualizing Angle of 40 Degrees on Bathroom Scale

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ericka141

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Sep 28, 2013

I'm confused about a question where it refers to the angle of a bathroom scale on the floor as "40 degrees from the vertical". What does this look like?

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Sep 28, 2013

this is the vertical: |
this would be some degrees to the right from the vertical: /
and this to the left: \

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