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A road has an incline of 10°. To the nearest foot, find the increase in altitude of a car after driving 4,000 feet along the road.
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A road has an incline of 10°. To the nearest foot, find the increase in altitude of a car after driving 4,000 feet along the road.

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check the picture below

now, the angle is in degrees, thus, when taking the tangent, make sure your calculator is in Degree mode
A road has an incline of 10°. To the nearest foot, find the increase in altitude of-example-1
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