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document.write( "The angle of elevation from me to the top of a library is 15* (degrees). We know that the library is 50 feet tall.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) How far am I standing from the library?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) How long of a rope would I need to stretch from me to the top of the library? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "|50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tan 15=50/y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=50/tan 15=186.6 feet distant<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rope would be the hypotenuse.  One could use the pythagorean theorem, but sin 15=50/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=50/sin 15=193.2 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check: 50^2+186.6^2=2500+34819.56=37319.56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt (37319.56)=193.2\r<BR>\n" );
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