The question's values for impedances \\$Z_{L-C}\\$ and \\$Z_C\\$ are actually the magnitude of those impedances. I suspect that the approach was mixing time-domain and frequency-domain approaches; I will address both to make the distinction. Since the inductor voltage depends on changing current and the capacitor current depends on changing voltage, a time domain analysis produces a differential equation. $$ v_{OUT}(t) = v_C(t) = v_{IN}(t) - L\frac{d}{dt}i_{IN}(t) - Ri_{IN}(t) $$ and since the input current is split between the capacitor and output: $$ i_{IN}(t) = C\frac{d}{dt}v_{OUT}(t) + i_{OUT}(t) $$ putting them together: $$ \begin{align} v_{OUT}(t) &= v_{IN}(t) - L\frac{d}{dt}\big(C\frac{d}{dt}v_{OUT}(t) + i_{OUT}(t)\big) - R\big(C\frac{d}{dt}v_{OUT}(t) + i_{OUT}(t)\big) \\ &= v_{IN}(t) - LC\frac{d^2}{dt^2}v_{OUT}(t) - L\frac{d}{dt}i_{OUT}(t) - RC\frac{d}{dt}v_{OUT}(t) - Ri_{OUT}(t) \\ \end{align}$$ This is still somewhat manageable, except that \\$i_{OUT}\\$ likely also depends on \\$v_{OUT}\\$. Flipping to the frequency domain, the diff-eq turns to algebra and we get a much better handle on the output load. Let's show the output load explicitly, with an impedance of \\$Z_{LOAD}\\$. Additionally, note that L and C have impedances \\$j\omega L\\$ and \\$\frac{1}{j\omega C}\\$, respectively. See [this concise reference](http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/impcom.html) for more detail there. $$ $$ ![schematic](https://i.sstatic.net/ngKmc.png) Preserving our output nets, we can lump together L with R and C with the load. This gives. $$ Z_{LR} = j\omega L + R $$ $$ Z_{COUT} = \bigg({\frac{1}{j\omega C}}^{-1}+{Z_{LOAD}}^{-1}\bigg)^{-1} = \big(j\omega C+{Z_{LOAD}}^{-1}\big)^{-1} $$ *Now* you can use the resistor divider rule to calculate a transfer function: $$ H = \frac{V_{OUT}}{V_{IN}} = \frac{Z_{COUT}}{Z_{LR}+Z_{COUT}} $$ And finally, the phase shift can be determined by comparing the real and imaginary parts of the transfer function: $$ \Theta = sin^{-1}\biggl(\frac{\mathfrak{Im}(H)}{\mathfrak{Re}(H)}\biggr)$$