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Question 872310: A straight road to the top of a hill is 2500 feet long and makes an angle of 12 degrees with the horizontal. Find the height of the hill. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A straight road to the top of a hill is 2500 feet long and makes an angle of 12 degrees with the horizontal. Find the height of the hill.
base angle = 12 deg
hypotenuse = 2500
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height = 2500*sin(12) = 519.78 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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