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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A train travels 3.5 kilometers on a straight track with grade of 1 degree 10'. What is the vertical rise of the train distance?

OpenStudy (shane_b):

The angle is 1 degree 10'...first convert that to just degrees. Since there are 60 minutes per degree, that would be 1 1/6 degrees or simply 7/6 degrees. Now that you know the angle it's simply a matter of solving a triangle for the height.|dw:1345681780132:dw|

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