SOLUTION: The crane shown below is 10 feet high and has a boom of length 127 feet. The boom can open to a maximum angle of 80.3 degrees. What is the maximum tip height, h, that the crane can
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Question 486687: The crane shown below is 10 feet high and has a boom of length 127 feet. The boom can open to a maximum angle of 80.3 degrees. What is the maximum tip height, h, that the crane can reach?
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can solve this with the sine function.
sine 80.3 degrees = opp/hyp = height / 127.
.9857 * 127 = 125.184 feet.
Cleomenius.
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