document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=305996>Question 305996</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me with this question ? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A waterslide is 400 yards long with a vertical drop of 36.3 yards. Find the angle of depression of the slide and round to the nearest tenth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I believe to set this problem up, that the 400 goes on the bottom part of the trangle & the 36.3 goes on the vertical part & X goes on the slanted part. But I need help solving it. Thank you ! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #219044 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=219044\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I believe they mean the physical slide itself, that is the length of plastic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "material that make up the slide is 400 yds long. That would make it<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the slanted part or hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The vertical part is 36.3 yds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm not sure if the angle of depression is the angle the slide <BR>\n" );
document.write( "makes with the ground, or the angle it makes at the top with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the vertical.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it's the angle the slide makes with the ground,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "call that angle <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sin%28a%29+=+36.3%2F400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sin%28a%29+=+36.3%2F400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sin%28a%29+=.09075%0D%0A%7B%7B%7Ba ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sin%28a%29+=.09075%0D%0A%7B%7B%7Ba\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = arcsin<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.09075 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".09075\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can find this on your calculator<BR>\n" );
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