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a car is traveling on a road that makes a 12 degree angle with the ground. find the height of the car vertically once it reaches a horizontal distance of 102 meters round your answer to the nearest tenth

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Trigonometric relationship

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tan (12º) = side opposite/ side adjacent

Side opposite = tan (12º) * side adjancent

Side opposite = tan (12º)* 102

Side opposite = 21. 7 m

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21. 7 m

a car is traveling on a road that makes a 12 degree angle with the ground. find the-example-1
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