A maple leaf is caught between a car's windshield and the windshield wiper. The windshield wiper is 50 cm in length and sweeps through an angle of 143°. The leaf traces a 109 cm long arc across the windshield as shown below. 250- 143⁰ 109 cm 50 cm The distance from the leaf to the end of the windshield wiper, a in the diagram above, to the nearest tenth of a centimetre, is cm

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A maple leaf is caught between a car's windshield and the windshield wiper. The windshield wiper is 50 cm
in length and sweeps through an angle of 143°. The leaf traces a 109 cm long arc across the windshield as
shown below.
50
200
143⁰
109 cm
50 cm
|x→
The distance from the leaf to the end of the windshield wiper, a in the diagram above, to the nearest tenth
of a centimetre, is
cm
Transcribed Image Text:A maple leaf is caught between a car's windshield and the windshield wiper. The windshield wiper is 50 cm in length and sweeps through an angle of 143°. The leaf traces a 109 cm long arc across the windshield as shown below. 50 200 143⁰ 109 cm 50 cm |x→ The distance from the leaf to the end of the windshield wiper, a in the diagram above, to the nearest tenth of a centimetre, is cm
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