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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello! My question says: The largest of the pyramids of Egypt has a square base with sides 755 feet long. Angles PQR has a mesure of 52 degrees. The top of the pyramid is no longer there. What was the pyramid's oringinal height RP to the nearest foot? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagonal of the pyramid = 755sqrt(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assuming PQR is an angle at one of the corners of the pyramid, you have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a right triangle with base = (755sqrt(2))/2, a base angle of 52 degrees,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and height = RP.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tangent(52) = h/[755sqrt(2)/2]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = [755sqrt(2)/2]*tangent(52)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = 533.8656..* 1.2799...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = 683.32 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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