A rhombus has diagonals of length 12 cm and 7 cm respectively. Find the larger angle of the rhombus.

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6. A rhombus has diagonals of length 12 cm and 7 cm respectively. Find the larger angle of the rhombus.

Step 1: Understand the properties of a rhombus.
The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at right angles. This forms four congruent right-angled triangles.
The half-diagonals are the legs of these right-angled triangles.
Half of diagonal 1: $x = \frac{12 \text{ cm}}{2} = 6$ cm.
Half of diagonal 2: $y = \frac{7 \text{ cm}}{2} = 3.5$ cm.

Step 2: Find the angles within one of the right-angled triangles.
Let $2\alpha$ be the larger angle of the rhombus and $2\beta$ be the smaller angle. The diagonals bisect these angles.
Consider one of the right-angled triangles formed by the half-diagonals. The angle $\alpha$ is opposite the longer half-diagonal ($x$) and adjacent to the shorter half-diagonal ($y$).

$$\tan(\alpha) = \frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{adjacent}} = \frac{x}{y}$$ $$\tan(\alpha) = \frac{6}{3.5}$$ $$\tan(\alpha) \approx 1.7143$$

Step 3: Solve for $\alpha$ and the larger angle.

$$\alpha = \arctan(1.7143)$$ $$\alpha \approx 59.74^\circ$$

The larger angle of the rhombus is $2\alpha$.

$$2\alpha \approx 2 \times 59.74^\circ$$ $$2\alpha \approx 119.48^\circ$$

The larger angle of the rhombus is approximately \boxed{\text{119.48^\circ}}.

10. From a point A which is 60 metres from the base of a building B and on the same level, the angle of elevation to the top of the building C is $51^\circ$ and to the top of the flagpole D on top of the building the angle of elevation is $56^\circ$. Find the height of the flagpole.

Step 1: Define variables and set up trigonometric relationships.
Let AB be the distance from point A to the base of the building B, so $AB = 60$ m.
Let $h_C$ be the height of the building (BC).
Let $h_D$ be the total height from the base of the building to the top of the flagpole (BD).
Let $h_F$ be the height of the flagpole (CD).
The angle of elevation to the top of the building is $\angle CAB = 51^\circ$.
The angle of elevation to the top of the flagpole is $\angle DAB = 56^\circ$.

Step 2: Calculate the height of the building ($h_C$).
Using the right-angled triangle ABC:

$$\tan(\angle CAB) = \frac{BC}{AB}$$ $$\tan(51^\circ) = \frac{h_C}{60 \text{ m}}$$ $$h_C = 60 \text{ m} \times \tan(51^\circ)$$ $$h_C \approx 60 \text{ m} \times 1.2349$$ $$h_C \approx 74.094 \text{ m}$$

Step 3: Calculate the total height to the top of the flagpole ($h_D$).
Using the right-angled triangle ABD:

$$\tan(\angle DAB) = \frac{BD}{AB}$$ $$$$