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Answer 1 · 2018-07-28T14:06:33

I got A.

I considered the diagram:

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where I added some information to help the resolution.
Let us consider triangle HJK. From trigonometry we get:

#9/(HK)=tan(35^@)#

so that:

#HK=9/tan(35^@)=12.85m#

Now consider triangle HPK, we get:

#13/(HK)=tan(alpha)#

and:

#alpha=arctan(13/12.85)=45.3^@#