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An escalator at a shopping mall is 200 ft 9 in long and rises at an angle of 15 degrees. What is the vertical rise of the escalator rounded to the nearest inch?
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An escalator at a shopping mall is 200 ft 9 in long and rises at an angle of 15 degrees. What is the vertical rise of the escalator rounded to the nearest inch?

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Explanation:

200 ft = 2400 in

sin(15°) = x/2409 --> x = 2409*sin(15°) ≈ 623 in = 51 ft 11 in

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