Question

Please help!!
A highway makes an angle of 6° with the horizontal. This angle is maintained for a horizontal distance of 5 miles. To the nearest hundredth of a mile, how high does the highway rise in this 5-mile section? Show the steps you use to find the distance.

Answer 1

\[x=5\tan 6\]

Answer 2

Do i take 5x6 tan?

Answer 3

5 multiplied by tan 6

Answer 4

Thank you so much!

Answer 5

np

Answer 6

so it is 30 right?

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

Sorry I don't know why I have so much trouble with geometry

Answer 9

just type it in your calculator

Answer 10

I did it came up 30 i put 5xtan6

Answer 11

compute tan 6 first. then multiply whatever you get by 5

Answer 12

oh i feel like an idiot thank you so much

Answer 13

what did you get?

Answer 14

-1.45

Answer 15

\[
\tan (6. {}^{\circ})=0.1051
\]