A speeding run is 400 yards long with a vertical drop of 30.5 yards. Find the angle of depression of the run

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16 June, 13:22

A speeding run is 400 yards long with a vertical drop of 30.5 yards. Find the angle of depression of the run

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Mercle · Answer 1

When you set up your right triangle, your opposite leg will be the 30.5 and your hypotenuse will be the 400. Knowing that sin (theta) = opposite/hypotenuse, you can take the arcsine of the ratio and get your theta value. In this case, theta = 4.37 degrees