+87 A wooden ramp is being built to provide wheel chair access to the park. Stacey, Bob and Katherine drew out an initial plan where the ramp would span a horizontal distance of 9 m and a vertical distance of 2.7 m. However, they decided the ramp would need extra support. As a result, they decided to place an extra vertical support beam a distance of 5.5 m from the point where the ramp meets the ground. USE TRIGONOMETRY (yes I know its a similar triangles problem, but I have to use trigonometry to solve), TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF THE VERTICAL SUPPORT
+561 Firstly, find the angle between the ground and the ramp using tan().
\(x=arctan(\frac{opposite}{adjacent})\)
\(x=arctan(\frac{2.7}{9})\)
\(x=16.7°\)
Now use tan() again to find the height of the support.
\(tan(x)\times adjacent=opposite\)
\(tan(16.7)\times 5.5=opposite\)
\(opposite=1.65m\)
+561 Firstly, find the angle between the ground and the ramp using tan().
\(x=arctan(\frac{opposite}{adjacent})\)
\(x=arctan(\frac{2.7}{9})\)
\(x=16.7°\)
Now use tan() again to find the height of the support.
\(tan(x)\times adjacent=opposite\)
\(tan(16.7)\times 5.5=opposite\)
\(opposite=1.65m\)
