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  • 04-07-2016
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a snowboarder travels 150 m down a mountain slope that is 65 degrees above horizontal. what is his vertical displacement?

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metchelle
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  • 11-07-2016
This can be answered using trigonometric analysis. This sloped path that is 150 m long is the hypotenuse of the triangle. The adjacent angle would then be 65 degrees. Given these:

sin 65 = h / 150

Where: h = vertical displacement = 150 (sin 65)
h = 135.95 meters
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