Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plains, England, was built using massive stone blocks weighing more than 99,000 pounds each. Lifting a single block required 550 people to carry it up a ramp inclined at an angle of 9 °. Calculate the distance a block was moved to lift it to a height of 30 feet.   i need help please. with :trigonometric ratios

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1. Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plains, England, was built using massive stone blocks weighing more than 99,000 pounds each. Lifting a single block required 550 people to carry it up a ramp inclined at an angle of 9 °. Calculate the distance a block was moved to lift it to a height of 30 feet.

 

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