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A car climbs 10.0 kilometers up a hill that inclines 8.0 degrees. What is the car's vertical displacement?
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A car climbs 10.0 kilometers up a hill that inclines 8.0 degrees. What is the car's vertical displacement?

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s=10km\\ \alpha=8^o\\\\ y=?\\\ \sin\alpha=(y)/(s)\Rightarrow y=s\sin\alpha\\\\ y=10\sin8^o\\\\ y=10\cdot 0,1392\\\\\ y=1,392km
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