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Viola drives 200 meters up a hill maing a 9 degree angle with the horrizontal. What horizontal distanmce has she cover. To the nearest tenth meter.

1,262.8m
200.4m
197.5m
31.3m***

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  1. No. You calculated 200 sin9° but you want cos9°

    Always do a sanity check. 9° is a very slight slope. The horizontal distance is almost the same as the distance along the hill.

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  2. Thank you
    So it would be 197.5

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  4. yes

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