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17-07-2017
Mathematics

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If a train travels one mile (5,280 feet) while climbing a hill at an angle of five degrees, approximately how many vertical feet has the train climbed?

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musiclover10045 musiclover10045

17-07-2017

to calculate the vertical height multiply the hypotenuse ( 5280) by the sin of the angle (5)

5280 x sin(5) = 460.1823

round off to 460 feet

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