document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1023785>Question 1023785</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Max is installing a 12 ft swimming pool slide at a 50° angle of elevation. The bottom of the slide will be 1 ft off the ground and the top of the slide will be fixed to a platform. Find the height of the platform. (round to nearest tenth) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Think of the slide as a right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angled triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Back of slide = Opposite side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slide = hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using angle of elevation 50 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin(50) = Opposite/Hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Opposite = sin(50) x Hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Opposite = sin(50) x 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Opposite = 9.2 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9.2 ft + 1 ft = 10.2 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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