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Any help please, confused‍♀️

Any help please, confused‍♀️-example-1
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Use Trigonometry and reread the question and you will understand soon
User Luke Chavers
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sin 60 = opposite/hypotenuse

opposite is 30. Hypotenuse is what we are looking for. Use algebra:

hypotenuse = opposite/sin60

hypotenuse = 30/(sqrt(3)/2)
hypotenuse = 60/sqrt(3) = 60sqrt(3)/3 = 20sqrt(3)

So the belt is 20sqrt(3) or 34.6 foot
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