Question

Viola drives 3 kilometers up a hill that makes an angle of 6 degrees with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of s kilometer what horizontal distance has she covered

A.3km
B. 0.3 km
C. 4.7 km
D. 28.5 km

Answer 1

Set your calculator to degree mode.

The figure is not shown--please sketch it to confirm my answer.

Let h = horizontal distance.

cos(6°) = h/3

h = 3cos(6°) = 2.983 km

A is the correct answer.