SOLUTION: A train traveled a distance of 1 mile, or 5,280 feet, while climbing a hill at an angle of 5°.
The vertical height that the train climbed is approximately__________ feet.
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Question 956886: A train traveled a distance of 1 mile, or 5,280 feet, while climbing a hill at an angle of 5°.
The vertical height that the train climbed is approximately__________ feet.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length traveled is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with the opposite side of the 5 degree angle equal to H.
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