SOLUTION: A water slide is 26 feet high. The angle between the slide and the water is 36.5 degrees. What is the length of the slide?

Question 872579: A water slide is 26 feet high. The angle between the slide and the water is 36.5 degrees. What is the length of the slide?
Answer by indra89811(24) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the length of the slide be x ft
For an angle A, sin A = Height/Hypotenuse
Height=26 feet and Hypotenuse is the length of the slide (x)
sin 36.5=26/x
x=26/sin 36.5
x=43.71
Hence, the length of the slide=43.71 feet
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