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.

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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.

anonymous · Answer

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kendricklamar2014 · Answer

0.53 is ur answer :D

anonymous · Answer

how did u get that ?

kendricklamar2014 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

oh awesome thank u

kendricklamar2014 · Answer

No Problem :)

anonymous · Answer

I don't understand what they are saying

kendricklamar2014 · Answer

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kendricklamar2014 · Answer

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kendricklamar2014 · Answer

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johnweldon1993 · Answer

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You have an angle...a side adjacent to that angle...and you want the side opposite that angle..

What trig function do you use?

anonymous · Answer

I don't know anything about this

johnweldon1993 · Answer

What math class are you in?

anonymous · Answer

geometry

johnweldon1993 · Answer

Alright so you should (really should!) be learning about trigonometric ratios

Sine Cosine and Tangent etc...

anonymous · Answer

I have been but I dot understand it