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An architect is designing a department store. She wants to add an escalator. She knows that the escalator will make a 30 degree angle with the floor and will have a vertical height of 36 feet. How much room will she need to allow for the horizontal length?

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the base would be 36 /tan(30) = 62.35 feet,

round the answer as needed.

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