A ski resort has installed a zip line. The zip line is 1750 feet long and allows its rider to descend a vertical distance of 450 feet. What is the angle of declination to the nearest degree? Find the acute angle x when 4 cos²x = 1
A ski resort has installed a zip line. The zip line is 1750 feet long and allows its rider to descend a vertical distance of 450 feet. What is the angle of declination to the nearest degree? Find the acute angle x when 4 cos²x = 1
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rider to descend a vertical distance of 450 feet. What is the angle of declination
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Find the acute angle x when 4 cos²x = 1](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fbe7e575d-dfd7-411c-ad5f-62e2be64ba9f%2F209e4922-0bfb-49d5-b254-e3496265189d%2Fpvoowzf_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A ski resort has installed a zip line. The zip line is 1750 feet long and allows its
rider to descend a vertical distance of 450 feet. What is the angle of declination
to the nearest degree?
Find the acute angle x when 4 cos²x = 1
![In the right triangle ABC with right angle C, c = 25.0 and A = 40°. Find the other
angle and the other two sides to the nearest tenth.
A guy wire reaches from the top of a pole to a stake in the ground, 10 feet from
the foot of the pole. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Find the
length of the wire rounded to the nearest foot.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fbe7e575d-dfd7-411c-ad5f-62e2be64ba9f%2F209e4922-0bfb-49d5-b254-e3496265189d%2Frg8t689_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:In the right triangle ABC with right angle C, c = 25.0 and A = 40°. Find the other
angle and the other two sides to the nearest tenth.
A guy wire reaches from the top of a pole to a stake in the ground, 10 feet from
the foot of the pole. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Find the
length of the wire rounded to the nearest foot.
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