SOLUTION: A slide that is 4.2m long makes and angle of 35 degrees with the ground. How high is the top of the slide above ground?

Question 877603: A slide that is 4.2m long makes and angle of 35 degrees with the ground. How high is the top of the slide above ground?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This height indicates that sine will be useful. The slide of 4.2 meters is the hypotenuse of a right triangle. The angle the slide makes with the ground is opposite the height.

using y as the height where top of the slide is attached.

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