SOLUTION: A hill slopes upwards at an angle of 18 degree with the horizontal.What height does a person rise when she/he walks 10m up the slope?

Question 882622: A hill slopes upwards at an angle of 18 degree with the horizontal.What height does a person rise when she/he walks 10m up the slope?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Consider a right triangle where the distance traveled is the hypotenuse and the height is the opposite leg of the 18 degree angle.

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