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a slide 4.1 m long makes an angle of 35° with the ground. rounded to the nearest tenth of a meter, how far above the ground is the top of the slide.

a slide 4.1 m long makes an angle of 35° with the ground. rounded to the nearest tenth-example-1
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By definition,

sin(angle) = opposite/hypotenuse

From the picture,


\begin{gathered} \sin (35)=(x)/(4.1) \\ \sin (35)\cdot4.1=x \\ 2.4\text{ m = x} \end{gathered}

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