Calculate the angle of incidence of beam radiation on a surface located at Madison,

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 Calculate the angle of incidence of beam radiation on a surface located at Madison, Wisconsin, at 10:30 (solar time) on January 13 if the surface is tilted 45 and the latitude L of Madison of 43 N, from the horizontal and pointed 15 west of south.

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