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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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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.129.4 meters
D.134.0 meters

User Amit Sukralia
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Answer:

483.0

Explanation:

483.0

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