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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Viola drives 200 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 9° with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of a meter, what horizontal distance has she covered?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

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OpenStudy (vishal_kothari):

308

OpenStudy (mertsj):

\[\cos 9=\frac{x}{200}\] \[x=9\cos 200\]

OpenStudy (mertsj):

Whoops. x = 200 cos9

OpenStudy (vishal_kothari):

it happens...

OpenStudy (mertsj):

yep

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

OpenStudy (mertsj):

But I get 197.5 m

OpenStudy (mertsj):

It could not be 308

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its 197.5 theres no answer for 308 its multiple choice

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