Homework Help: geometry

Posted by h on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 7:22pm.

A swimming pool is 3 ft deep in the shallow end the bottom of the pool has a steady downward drop of 12 degrees if the pool is 50 feet long how deep is the deepest end?

geometry - Henry, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 7:07pm
Y1 = 3Ft.

sin12 = Y2/50.
Y2 = 50*sin12 = 10.4 Ft.

Y = Y1 + Y2 = 3 + 10.4 = 13.4 Ft. = Depth of pool.

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