SOLUTION: The chairlift at a ski resort has a vertical rise of 3,100 feet. If the length of the ride is 1.4 miles, what is the angle the chairlift makes with the horizontal (to the nearest t

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Question 137577: The chairlift at a ski resort has a vertical rise of 3,100 feet. If the length of the ride is 1.4 miles, what is the angle the chairlift makes with the horizontal (to the nearest tenth of a degree)?
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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sine(3100/1.4*5280)=3100/7392=.419372=24.8 degrees for the angle of the ski slope.