Question 489928: A man drives 500 ft along a road which is inclined 20° to the horizontal. How high above his starting point is he Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A man drives 500 ft along a road which is inclined 20° to the horizontal. How high above his starting point is he.
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Apply "trigonometry":
sin = opposite/hypotenuse
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Let h = height
then
sin 20 = h/500
500*sin(20) = h
171 feet = h
