If a train travels one mile (5,280 feet) while climbing a hill at an angle of five degrees, approximately how many vertical feet has the train climbed?

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Ken Gentle · Answer 1 · 2018-12-16T02:56:22+0000

to calculate the vertical height multiply the hypotenuse ( 5280) by the sin of the angle (5)

5280 x sin(5) = 460.1823

round off to 460 feet