Question

A spider was making a large web in a window. he started in the corner of the window and crawled 18 inches along the edge of the window, where he attached the beginning of the web. then he jumped over the edge of the window and started swinging until he can to rest on the side of the window where he attached his web at a 38 angle how long is the piece of web the spider has made round your answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

29 inches

Explanation:

Let l be the length of the piece of web.

sin(38degrees) = 18 / l

l = 18 / sin(38degrees)

l = 18 / 0.616

l = 29.24

l = 29 inches, to the nearest whole inch.