Josh was skiing down a slope where the angle of elevation was 14 degrees. The length of the slope was 1500 feet, what was the vertical drop of the slope?
1 Answer
Dec 14, 2017
This can be done using basic trigonometry.
answer : 362.88 feet
Explanation:
Take a look at the image below
we know that angle between ground and vertical is
we also know that sin of angle is opposite side to the angle/hypotenuse.
what we have : hypotenuse = 1500.
Angle = 14.
so the vertical drop is sin (14) * hypotenuse
= 0.2419 * 1500
= 362.88 feet