SOLUTION: A marksman aims at a target bullseye 60 meters away but just before he pulls the trigger, he is distracted and swings the rifle at an angle of a quarter degree. By how many centime
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Question 1159155: A marksman aims at a target bullseye 60 meters away but just before he pulls the trigger, he is distracted and swings the rifle at an angle of a quarter degree. By how many centimeters did he miss the bullseye?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is a right triangle with one left 60 m and the miss being x m
the tangent is opposite/adjacent or
tan 0.25 deg=x/60 m
x=0.2618 m or 26.2 cm
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