Finding the angle of elevation.

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The angle of elevation of S from Q is 33 degrees. What is the angle of elevation of T from P?

I just had a math test today and I was doing pretty well until I come across this question. I need help from the experts on how should I approach this problem?

Update: A friend of mine manage to solve this. Problem

Is this valid based on our given information? If not, what would the question need to be for it to be valid.

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The expression "an angle of elevation of a point $A$ from a point $B$" is ambiguous. Therefore, in order to make sense of the problem, it must firstly be interpreted one way or another. In the context of this problem, I shall interpret the expression "the angle of elevation of $C$ from $Q$" as meaning the angle $\angle CPQ$, and I shall interpret the expression "the angle of elevation of $T$ from $P$" as meaning the angle $\angle TRP$.

Given these definitions, without further information the question is under-specified, and there is no way of determining the angle of elevation of $T$ from $P$. As an illustration, here are two diagrams based on the given data that show two different angles of elevation.

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