Homework Help: trig

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 12:26pm.

A roadway rises 55ft in horizontal distance of 1/2 mile (1mile=5280ft) Find the tangent of the angle that it makes with the horizontal.

trig - Steve, Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 2:42pm
tan = rise/run = 55/2640 = 1/48

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