SOLUTION: An escalaster in a department store is made to carry people a vertical distance of 24 feet between floors. How long is the escalator if it makes an angle of 45 with the ground? The

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Question 1006439: An escalaster in a department store is made to carry people a vertical distance of 24 feet between floors. How long is the escalator if it makes an angle of 45 with the ground? The escalator is how many feet long
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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~ 24*1.41 = 33.84 ft (approximately).


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