Question

Trig Problem

Need Help

Answer 1

The Americans with Disabilities Act states that wheelchair ramps can have a slope no greater than 1/12. Find the angle of elevation of a ramp with this slope. Round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 2

I know X will be my Angle
and I assume 12 will be the hypotenuse but I don't know where the 1 goes

I'll give a medal for help

Answer 3

do you understand the setup for the problem, the picture

Answer 4

recall that the slope is a ratio of the rise in elevation over the run in length of ramp

Answer 5

it is trig, but the ramp forms a right triangle

Answer 6

yea, I know X is my angle, I assume 12 is the hypotenuse but I don't know where the 1 goes

Answer 7

and whether or not to use sine or cosine

Answer 8

oh, wow I was way off, thanks

Answer 9

ya got er

Answer 10

4.8?

Answer 11

I feel like i did something wrong