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9 February, 03:32

You are driving into st. louis, missouri, and in the distance you see the famous gateway-to-the-west arch. this monument rises to a height of 192 m. you estimate your line of sight with the top of the arch to be 7.82 ° above the horizontal. approximately how far (in kilometers) are you from the base of the arch?

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  1. 9 February, 04:28
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    You know from SOH CAH TOA that the tangent gives the ratio of the opposite side of a right triangle (height of the arch) to the adjacent side (distance to the arch). That is ...

    ... Tan (θ) = O/A

    ... tan (7.82°) = (0.192 km) / (distance to arch)

    Multiplying by the denominator and dividing by the tangent gives ...

    ... distance to arch = 0.192 km/tan (7.82°) ≈ 1.398 km

    You are 1.398 km from the arch.
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