document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=310827>Question 310827</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A balloon is anchored to a rope of length 500 feet. Express the angle of elevation from the anchor to the balloon as a function of height. Height is the leg opposite the angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What I did:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin theta=h/500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500sin theta=h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but my teacher wrote inverse sin(h/500)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and I don't understand why. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The question was...\"Express the ANGLE of elevation...\" Not the SINE of the angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So you want the angle (A) whose sine is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h%2F500 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h%2F500\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and this is expressed as...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A+=+Sin%5E%28-1%29%28h%2F500%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A+=+Sin%5E%28-1%29%28h%2F500%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= Inverse<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sin%28h%2F500%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sin%28h%2F500%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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