Explanation Given: The shaded rectangular area is of length 18 feet and width 8 feet. The stalls for diagonal parking are arranged at an angle θ = 25 ° . The given Figure is redrawn as follows. Formula used: Trigonometric ratios: sin θ = Opposite Hypotenuse ; csc θ = Hypotenuse Opposite cos θ = Adjacent Hypotenuse ; sec θ = Hypotenuse Adjacent tan θ = Opposite Adjacent ; cot θ = Adjacent Opposite Calculation: From the given Figure it can be observed that the sides of same length have been marked with a dash line. One among the four stalls for diagonal parking is as shown below in Figure 1. From Figure 1 it can be observed that there are 3 right triangles Δ q v r , Δ r u s and Δ s p t respectively . Use the result that angles on a straight line is equal to 180 ° and obtain the value of θ 1 as follows. 25 ° + 90 ° + θ 1 = 180 ° 115 ° + θ 1 = 180 ° θ 1 = 65 ° From the right triangle Δ r u s in Figure 1, use the trigonometric ratios of sin θ and cos θ in order to obtain the adjacent and opposite sides to the angle θ = 25 ° . sin 25 ° = s u s r s u = s r ⋅ sin 25 ° s u = 18 × sin 25 ° s u = 7.6 Compute the side ru as follows. cos 25 ° = A d j a c e n t H y p o t e n u s e r u = s r ⋅ cos 25 ° r u = 18 × cos 25 ° r u = 16.3 From right triangle Δ q v r in Figure 1, use the trigonometric ratios sin θ and cos θ in order to obtain the adjacent and opposite sides to θ 1 = 65 ° . sin 65 ° = q v q r q v = q r ⋅ sin 65 ° q v = 8 × sin 65 ° q v = 7

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