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OpenStudy (anonymous):
A hill in the Tour de France bike race has a grade of 8%. To the nearest degree, what is the angle that this hill makes with the horizontal ground? Round to the nearest tenth of a degree. (Hint: An 8% grade means an 8-foot rise over 100 horizontal feet. First sketch this problem and decide which inverse trigonometric ratio to use to find the unknown angle.)
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OpenStudy (paxpolaris):
(Hint: An 8% grade means an 8-foot rise over 100 horizontal feet. ...
OpenStudy (paxpolaris):
First sketch this problem|dw:1413527931659:dw|
OpenStudy (paxpolaris):
|dw:1413527994948:dw| looks like:\[\large \tan(x)={8\over100}\]
OpenStudy (paxpolaris):
\[\implies \tan(x)=0.08\] \[\Large x=\tan^{-1}(0.08)\]... (remember to use calculator in degree mode.)
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