Question

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?

1,262.8 m
200.4 m
197.5 m
31.3 m

Answer 1

\(\cos(9)=\frac{x}{200}\)

Answer 2

and so \(x=200\cos(9)\) and a calculator

Answer 3

...a calculator in degree mode to be precise ;-)

Answer 4

? i dnt get it

Answer 5

yes, degree mode for sure