Jim is designing a seesaw for a children's park. The seesaw should make an angle of 30° with the ground and the maximum height to which it should rise is 1.5 meters, as shown below. (File to picture in comments) What is the maximum length of the see saw?

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do you know the ratio for the sin function?

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$$\frac{1}{2} = \frac{1.5}{lengthrequired}$$

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@savvvvannahh  got that?

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answer is A.3 metres @savvvvannahh

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might give her the chance to do the calculation. so she understands come exam time.

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@lonnie455rich  hmph. true that

anonymous · Answer

I've been doing it and I got 3.0, is that correct?

anonymous · Answer

yes

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Okay :D