SOLUTION: Viola drives 170 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 6 degrees with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of meter, what horizontal distance has she covered? Show all your work

Question 856907: Viola drives 170 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 6 degrees with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of meter, what horizontal distance has she covered? Show all your work and draw a picture.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

Let x represent horizontal distance      

cos x = adj/hyp

cos 7 = x/170m

  = x 

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