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Sonja and Dante are hiking up the side of a mountain. They reach the peak of 727 feet at the end of the day. If the mountain forms a 77° angle with the ground, what is the distance they hiked? Round your answer to the nearest foot.

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/ | 272
/ |
/77 |
You have to use sin=opp/hyp so:

Sin(77)=272/hyp
I’ll let you do that math
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