SOLUTION: SKATEBOARDING The angle that a skateboarding ramp forms with the ground is 25 degrees and the height of the ramp is 6 feet. Determine the length of the ramp.
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Question 266671: SKATEBOARDING The angle that a skateboarding ramp forms with the ground is 25 degrees and the height of the ramp is 6 feet. Determine the length of the ramp.
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
draw a right triangle and place 25 degrees at a bottom vertex
in this case we have the opposite side and want the hypotenuse. This means we need sine theta.
sin 25 = 6/r
r = 6/sin(25) ~ 14.2 feet
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