In this task, you’ll apply what you’ve learned to answer questions about a skateboard ramp that you and your friends are building for your community skate park. The ramp will lead up to a platform. You’ll be using a piece of wood that’s 3.5 meters long for the ramp, and the ramp’s angle of elevation will be 28°. Use this figure as a model to answer the questions that follow.
A diagram of a ramp leading to a platform. The ramp consists of the triangle ABC, of which the line BC is the left side of the platform. Angle A measures 28 degrees.
Find the horizontal distance from the bottom of the ramp to the bottom of the platform. Show your work, rounding to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.