document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1081741>Question 1081741</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A straight trail with a uniform inclination of 16 degrees leads from a lodge at an elevation of 500ft. To a mountain lake at an elevation of 5600ft. What is the length of the trail?<BR>\n" );
document.write( " </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #695773 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=695773\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The trail is the hypotenuse of a right triangle the altitude of which is 5100'.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The angle from the lodge is opposite from that altitude.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sine would involve the opposite/hypotenuse=5100'/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse=5100/sin 16=18,503', or about 3 1/2 miles. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );