SOLUTION: a mountain climber has a rope 172 feet long attached to his belt being held by his partner down on the ground. the angle of elevation from the ground is 53 degrees. what is the app

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In this example hyp = 172ft and ∠A = 53° and a is the height from the ground

  sin 53° = opp/hyp = a/172ft

  172ft* sin 53° = 137.365ft = a, the height from the ground