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Andrew wants to build a slide for his daughter's tree house. If the tree house is 5 feet off the ground and he wants the slide to have a 60º angle, how long a sliding board does he need to buy? (Round up to the nearest foot.)

User Trevor Orr
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For the answer to the question above, I'll provide the solution to my answer below.
sin 60=h/x
(3^1/2)/2=0,866
5/0,866=x

so the answer to the problem is X=6
I hope my answer helped you. Feel free to ask more questions. Have a nice day!
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