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: an escalator lifts people to the secomd floor, 25ft above the first floor. the escalator rises at a 30 degree angle. how far does a person travel from the bottom to the top of the escalator?
This question is from textbook geometry
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an escalator lifts people to the secomd floor, 25ft above the first floor. the escalator rises at a 30 degree angle. how far does a person travel from the bottom to the top of the escalator?
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Draw the picture.
You have a right triangle with side opposite the 30 degree angle being
length 25 ft.
The escalator follows the path of the hypotenuse.
The hypotenuse is twice the side opposite the 30 degree angle or 50 ft.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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