Valerie drives 500 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 15degrees with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of a meter, what horizontal distance has she covered? A.483.0 meters B.517.6 meters C.129.

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Answer:

483.0

Explanation:

483.0

Pablo Barrera answered Aug 18, 2017

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The horizontal component can be calculated using:
500cos(15)
= 483.0 meters
The answer is A.

Onsy answered Aug 20, 2017

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