A step has a height of 6 inches. A ramp starts 5 feet away from the base of the step, making a 5.7° angle with the ground. What can you say about the angle the ramp would make with the ground if the ramp starts closer to the step? A: The angle would decrease. B: The angle would increase. C: The angle would stay the same. D: We cannot determine anything about the angle.

A step has a height of 6 inches. A ramp starts 5 feet away from the base of the step, making a 5.7° angle with the ground. What can you say about the angle the ramp would make with the ground if the ramp starts closer to the step? A: The angle would decrease. B: The angle would increase. C: The angle would stay the same. D: We cannot determine anything about the angle.

Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)

6th Edition

ISBN:9780134463216

Author:Robert F. Blitzer

Publisher:Robert F. Blitzer

ChapterP: Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1MCCP: In Exercises 1-25, simplify the given expression or perform the indicated operation (and simplify,...

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: Miguel drives 220 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 4° with the horizontal ground. To the…

A: The figure of problem

Q: helps to support a tower. The angle between the wire and the level ground is 56. One end of the wire…

A: Given query is to find the height, where wire reaches on the tower.

Q: It is 58 road miles from Denver to the Eisenhower tunnel. Denver is 5882 ft above sea level. The…

A: The distance between Denver to the Eisenhower Tunnel is 58 milesDenver is 5882 ft above mean sea…

Q: Lisa stands at the window of a building looking for her lost cat. She spots her cat 58.5 m away from…

A: Lisa spots the cat from the window of building which is at a height of 12.6 m. The cat is at a…

Q: O Amy is building a wheelchair ramp for her neighbor's front door, so he can more easily access his…

Q: Ron and Francine are building a ramp for performing skateboard stunts, as shown in the accompanying…

Q: A carpenter constructs a table with four legs that each forms an acute angle with the tabletop. Each…

A: Solve by using pythogorous theorem.

Q: A man is standing near a radio station antenna and observes that the angle of elevation to the top…

A: Redraw the diagram as shown below:

Q: An awning that covers a sliding glass door that is 88 inches tall forms an angle of 50° with the…

A: Given that An awning that covers a sliding glass door that is 88 inches tall forms an angle of 50°…

Q: A wheelchair ramp that is 40-feet long has a vertical increase of 4 feet. What angle does the ramp…

Q: 2. A broadcast antenna is located at the top of a building 1000 feet tall. From a point on the same…

Q: 14 ft 5 ft

Q: A dead tree is very close to your house and you would like to estimate the tree's height to see if…

A: A dead tree is very close to your house .If the height of the tree is greater than the length of the…

Q: A man is 550 feet from the base of a very tall building. The building is standing on a large flat…

A: We sketch the situation roughly. Let the height of the building is = h feet

Q: Shania needs a wheelchair ramp to access her house. She has a length of 25 feet in which to locate…

A: Given query is to find that angle made by ramp is safe or not.

Q: OOOO 17.Andy wants to find the distance across a river. In order to find the distance CD, Andy…

Q: You are standing on a boat that is 150 feet from a cliff. If you look up at a 35 degree angle you…

A: Solution: The objective is to find the height of the cliff

Q: You are standing at point D in the diagram looking across the lake to point B. AADC is a right…

Q: Show your complete solutions by creating a diagram that represents the situation and coming up with…

A: Note: According to Bartleby guidelines; for more than one question asked; only the first one is to…

Q: King Kong stands on the edge of the roof of a 68 foot high building. You poke your head out of a…

A: Given the height of a buliding which is 68 ft high and a king kong which stands on the edge of roof.

Q: An observer on a ship sights a mountain cliff at a 32-degree angle. The cliff is 1250 feet above sea…

Question

A step has a height of 6 inches. A ramp starts 5 feet away from the base of the step, making a 5.7°
angle with the ground. What can you say about the angle the ramp would make with the ground
if the ramp starts closer to the step?
A:
The angle would decrease.
B:
The angle would increase.
C:
The angle would stay the same.
D:
We cannot determine anything about the angle.

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

This is a popular solution!

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 2 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

You have planted a tall tree in your yard that needs guy wires to keep it stable until its roots become established. You have attached two guy wires, each 18 feet high up the tree. One wire has a 42 degree angle of elevation with the ground and the other has a 48 degree angle of elevation with the ground. Find the lengths of both wires. What is the length of the longer guy wire? Give answer to the nearest tenth of a foot. Do not include units. guy wire guy wire
A boy moves 4 miles south. Then he turns 90 degrees to the left. He moves forward 6 miles. He turns 90 degrees to the left. He moves forward 4 miles. How far is he now than from his starting point? (A) 4 miles (B) 3 miles (C) 6 miles (D) 5 miles
A daredevil gymnast has attached a rope from the ground to the top of a 54 foot building at an angle of elevation of 41 degrees. How long is the rope that the gymnast is going to climb? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
You are a squirrel up in a tree with an angle of elevation of 30º from your eyes. You fell out of the tree once, so you know it’s 15 feet tall. a, If you are 5.5 feet tall, what is the distance from you to the squirrel? b. Your daughter standing next to you is only 2.5 feet tall. What is the angle of elevation from her viewpoint to the squirrel in the tree.
Find all the missing sides and angles for the right triangle when angle B= 34 degrees and BC(line over)=17. Round your answers to the nearest hundredth. Answer options: 1.b=12.43, c=21.57, A=65 degrees 2. b=12.43, c=19.91, A=56 degrees 3. b=11.47, c=20.51, A=56 degrees 4. b=11.47, c=20.65, A=65 degrees
An observer (O) is located 500 feet from a school (S). The observer notices a bird (B) flying at a 39° angle of elevation from his line of sight. How high is the bird flying over the school? You must show all work and calculations to receive full credit. A right triangle is shown with one leg measuring 500 and another leg measuring h, with an angle across from it measuring 39 degrees.