A stunt man wants to drive a car off a ramp at an angle of 35∘ from the ground. He already has a ramp with an angle of 15∘. He plans to add a second ramp on top to increase the angle to 35∘. What angle measure does the second ramp need to have?

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Jakob Gilmore

9 May, 22:21

A stunt man wants to drive a car off a ramp at an angle of 35∘ from the ground. He already has a ramp with an angle of 15∘. He plans to add a second ramp on top to increase the angle to 35∘. What angle measure does the second ramp need to have?

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Timothy Mcneil · Answer 1

The second ramp needs to have 25°.

Step-by-step explanation:

Required ramp angle for driving the car from the ground = 35°.

First ramp angle = 15°

Therefore, second ramp angle equals required ramp angle minus first ramp angle, which is = 35° - 15° = 20°

The 20° ramp angle will make the total ramp angle to be equal to 35°.

That is 15° + 20° = 35°