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The angle of inclination of a ramp is 6° and the ramp is 14 feet long. Approximately how high off the ground is the end of the ramp? 0.8 ft 1 ft 1.5 ft 1.8 ft

User Rin Malavi
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The angle of inclination of a ramp is 6° and the ramp is 14 feet long. Approximately how high off the ground is the end of the ramp?

6° 14ft

1.000x2=2

6°= 0.06

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Tell me and I will feel glad to help. According to my math I got 1.5, but I'm also concerned that I got it wrong.

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User Rhunwicks
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Answer:

1.463 ft.

Explanation:

As you can see in the image, we can use the sin(6) to calculate the high.

sin(6°) = x/14

x = sin(6°)*14

x = 1.463 ft.

The angle of inclination of a ramp is 6° and the ramp is 14 feet long. Approximately-example-1
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