7.) Your friend wishes to go paragliding, but she must hike up the trail to the top of the mountain before setting off. If the trail is as shown, how much farther does she hike than fly? flight Hint: find the magnitude of the flight path

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7.) Your friend wishes to go paragliding, but she must hike up the trail to the
top of the mountain before setting off. If the trail is as shown, how much
farther does she hike than fly?
Hint: find the magnitude of the flight path
(use right-triangle trig), then subtract it from
the total distance hiked.
Iyson
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29°
3 km
flight
path
kml
hiking
X
Transcribed Image Text:7.) Your friend wishes to go paragliding, but she must hike up the trail to the top of the mountain before setting off. If the trail is as shown, how much farther does she hike than fly? Hint: find the magnitude of the flight path (use right-triangle trig), then subtract it from the total distance hiked. Iyson 2 29° 3 km flight path kml hiking X
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