SOLUTION: Max is installing a 12 ft swimming pool slide at a 50� angle of elevation. The bottom of the slide will be 1 ft off the ground and the top of the slide will be fixed to a platform

Question 1023783: Max is installing a 12 ft swimming pool slide at a 50� angle of elevation. The bottom of the slide will be 1 ft off the ground and the top of the slide will be fixed to a platform. Find the height of the platform. (round to nearest tenth)
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Log(n+2) = 1- Log(n-1)
Log(n+2) + Log(n-1) = 1
log((n+2)*n-1)) = log(10)
n^2 + n - 2 = 10
n^2 + n - 12 = 0
n = -4, n = 3
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n = -4 --> log of negative number, NG

Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Length of the distance of platform attachment point to just one foot above the ground is .

The slide is the hypotenuse of a triangle, and the side opposite the 50 degree elevation angle (where is bottom point of the slide), is vertical. How HIGH the platform, .
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