A ski resort has installed a zip line. The zip line is 1750 feet long and allows its rider to descend a vertical distance of 450 feet. What is the angle of declination to the nearest degree? Find the acute angle x when 4 cos²x = 1

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A ski resort has installed a zip line. The zip line is 1750 feet long and allows its
rider to descend a vertical distance of 450 feet. What is the angle of declination
to the nearest degree?
Find the acute angle x when 4 cos²x = 1
Transcribed Image Text:A ski resort has installed a zip line. The zip line is 1750 feet long and allows its rider to descend a vertical distance of 450 feet. What is the angle of declination to the nearest degree? Find the acute angle x when 4 cos²x = 1
In the right triangle ABC with right angle C, c = 25.0 and A = 40°. Find the other
angle and the other two sides to the nearest tenth.
A guy wire reaches from the top of a pole to a stake in the ground, 10 feet from
the foot of the pole. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Find the
length of the wire rounded to the nearest foot.
Transcribed Image Text:In the right triangle ABC with right angle C, c = 25.0 and A = 40°. Find the other angle and the other two sides to the nearest tenth. A guy wire reaches from the top of a pole to a stake in the ground, 10 feet from the foot of the pole. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Find the length of the wire rounded to the nearest foot.
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