The top of the slide is 12 feet from the ground and has an angle of depression of 53 degrees . What is the length of the slide? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. please help!

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Answer:

20 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

-Given the height of the slide above the ground is 12 ft

-This is a Pythagorean Theorem Problem and we use the Law of Sine to find the slide's length:

[tex]\frac{a}{Sin\ A}=\frac{b}{Sin\ B}\\\\\frac{12}{Sin \ 37\textdegree}=\frac{Length \ of \ Slide}{Sin \ 90\textdegree},\ \ \ Sin \ 90\textdegree=1\\\\\therefore Length=\frac{12}{Sin \ 37\textdegree}\\\\=19.94\ ft[/tex]

[tex]\approx 20\ ft[/tex]

Hence, the length of the slide is 20 feet

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