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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> an escalator lifts people to the secomd floor, 25ft above the first floor. the escalator rises at a 30 degree angle. how far does a person travel from the bottom to the top of the escalator? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with side opposite the 30 degree angle being<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length 25 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The escalator follows the path of the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hypotenuse is twice the side opposite the 30 degree angle or 50 ft.<BR>\n" );
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