A ramp is used to load suitcases on an airplane. If the cargo door is 7 feet from the ground and the angle formed by the end of the ramp and the ground is 25°, how long is the ramp?
A ramp is used to load suitcases on an airplane. If the cargo door is 7 feet from the ground and the angle formed by the end of the ramp and the ground is 25°, how long is the ramp?
Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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Chapter1: Trigonometric Functions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1RE:
1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
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Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
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Each acute angle of a right triangle has the following trigonometric ratios:
The ratio of the leg
opposite the angle to
the hypotenuse.
sin A =
SINE
sin B =
The ratio of the leg
adjacent to the angle to
the hypotenuse.
cos A =
COSINE
cos B =
The ratio of the leg
opposite the angle to the
leg adjacent to the angle.
tan A =
TANGENT
tan B =
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13. A ramp is used to load suitcases
on an airplane. If the cargo door
is 7 feet from the ground and
the angle formed by the end of
the ramp and the ground is 25°,
how long is the ramp?
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