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Danny has a 15-foot board that he wants to use as a motorcycle ramp. If Danny wants the end of the ramp to be 4 feet off the ground, what angle will be formed between the board and the ground? Round the answer to the nearest whole degree.

A. 14 degrees
B.15 degrees
C.27 degrees
D.75 degrees

User Davychhouk
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Answer:15

Explanation:

User Bricks
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This forms a right triangle with hypotenuse of length 15 and vertical component of length 4. Use the inverse of sine (vertical/hypotenuse) to get arcsin(4/15) = 15.4 degrees which rounds to 15
Final answer:
Answer choice B, 15 degrees
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