SOLUTION: if the length is 6900 and the slope is 5 degrees please find the perpendicular height

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Question 775603: if the length is 6900 and the slope is 5 degrees please find the perpendicular height

Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tan x = opposite/adjacent
tan 5 = opposite/6900
Opposite = tan 5 * 6900
Opposite = 603.67
Perpendicular height = 603.7 units.
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