What is the angle made by the ramp and the floor in a bowling ball problem?

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I'm having a lot of trouble with the problem for my AP Physics Class

There is a bowling ball traveling down a ramp. The ball starts resting. The ramp's hypotenuse is 8.5 meters long and is across from a 90 degree angle. The average time it takes the ball to travel down the ramp is about 5.0243 seconds. We can assume a=9.81m/s^2. What is the angle horizontal made at the bottom of the ramp and the floor? Thanks
 
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You need to find the acceleration of the ball. Draw a free body diagram and use Newton's second law.