Question

In a water park, people walk up a ramp before diving into the water below. If they cover a horizontal distance of 100 meters before diving down 50 meters, what is the angle made by the ramp with the ground?

Answer 1

tan Theta = 50/100
Theta = 26.6 degrees

Answer 2

`\theta = 26.56 degree`

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that the height by which diver is jumped down is given as

`H = 50 m`

also the horizontal distance moved by the diver is given as

`L = 100 m`

so as per the situation we can use the formula or trigonometry

`tan\theta = (opposite \: side)/(adjacent \: side)`

so now by plug in all values

`tan\theta = (50)/(100)`

`\theta = tan^(-1)(0.50) = 26.56 degree`