Question

Leticia is cutting a board to make a ramp for her skateboard. The ramp will slope from the ground up to a height of 4 feet. The board will make an angle of 25° with the ground. How long should she cut the board for her ramp? *

1 point



9.46 feet long



4.41 feet long



8.58 feet long



10 feet long

Answer 1

Correct option: first one -> 9.46 feet long

Explanation:

To find the length of the board for her ramp, we just need to use the sine relation of its angle with the ground.

The opposite side to the angle is the height of the ramp, and the hypotenuse of the triangle formed is the length of the board. So, we have that:

sin(25°) = height / length

0.4226 = 4 / length

length = 4 / 0.4226

length = 9.4652 feet

So the length of the board should be 9.46 feet (correct option: first one)