SOLUTION: 1) The first hill of the Millennium Force is 310 ft tall. The ascent to the top of the hill is at 45° angle. What is the length of the ascent to the nearest tenth of a foot?
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Question 1112453: 1) The first hill of the Millennium Force is 310 ft tall. The ascent to the top of the hill is at 45° angle. What is the length of the ascent to the nearest tenth of a foot?
2)The Millennium Force was the first coaster in with an elevator left system was used to pull the trains to the top of the first hill. The system pulls the trains at a speed of 20 ft/s. How long does it take a train to reach the top of the hill? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! this is a 45-45-90 triangle with the height 310 feet
the hypotenuse of such a triangle is 1-1-sqrt(2) or 310* sqrt(2)=438.4 feet
This would take 21.9 seconds at 20 ft/sec.
