SOLUTION: a car travels along an inclined road, in the desert, at 45 mph for 6 hours, from point a to point b if the horizontal distance of this section of the road is 265 miles what is the

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Question 1026121: a car travels along an inclined road, in the desert, at 45 mph for 6 hours, from point a to point b if the horizontal distance of this section of the road is 265 miles what is the angle of elevation of the road to the nearest tenth
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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The hypotenuse of the right triangle = 270 miles (45*6).
The base is 265 miles.
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Cos(angle) = 265/270
Angle =~ 11.04 degrees