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Atrain traveled a distance of 1 mile, or 5,280 feet, while climbing a hill at an
Atrain traveled a distance of 1 mile, or 5,280 feet, while climbing a hill at an angle of 5°. the vertical height that the train climbed is approximately _ ft?
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You can draw a right triangle where>
1) the distance traveled, i.e. 5280, is the hypotenuse
2) the opposite-leg is the vertical height that you need to calculate
3) the angle is 5°.
Therefore you can use the trigonometric ratio sine, which is:
sin(angle) = opposite-leg / hypotenuse = vertical height / distance traveled
= vertical height = distance traveled * sin (angle)
=> vertical height = 5,280 ft * sin(5°) = 460,18 ft
460,18 ft
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