SOLUTION: A slide at a park is 25ft long, an the top of the slide is 10ft above the ground. What is the approximate measure of the angle the slide makes with the ground?
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Question 662180: A slide at a park is 25ft long, an the top of the slide is 10ft above the ground. What is the approximate measure of the angle the slide makes with the ground? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A slide at a park is 25ft long, an the top of the slide is 10ft above the ground. What is the approximate measure of the angle the slide makes with the ground?
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Draw the picture.
height = 10
hypotenuse = 25
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Let the angle be "x":
Equation:
sin(x) = 10/25 = 2/5
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x = sin^-1(2/5) = 23.58 degrees = 23 degrees 35 minutes
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Stan H.
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