document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=857203>Question 857203</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Liola drives 15km up a hill that is at a grade of 10 degrees. What horizontal distance has she covered?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it's a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hypotenuse is 15 km.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 10 degs is wrt the horizontal, or the x dimension in a typical x-y plane.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cos(10) = side adjacent/hyp = x/15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15*cos(10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x =~ 14.772 km<BR>\n" );
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