A jogger parks her car 80m directly across from a trail that is parallel to the parking lot. Given the acute angle B formed by the shortest distance to the trail and the path she took, find a) the distance she jogged to the trail and b) the amount of time it took her to reach the trail jogging at a constant rate of 3 m/sec. angle B = 10 degrees

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Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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A jogger parks her car 80m directly across from a trail that is parallel to the parking lot. Given the acute angle formed by the shortest distance to the trail and the path she took, find

a) the distance she jogged to the trail and

b) the amount of time it took her to reach the trail jogging at a constant rate of 3 m/sec.

angle B = 10 degrees

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