The angle that the mountain slope forms with the ground at sea level is 20.64°
What is speed?
"The distance covered by an object in unit time."
What is hypotenuse?
"The longest side of a right triangle."
What is sine angle?
"In a right triangle for angle θ ,
sin(θ) = opposite side / hypotenuse "
For given example,
Consider the following figure for given example.
Sam starts skiing at the peak 97 yards above sea level.
⇒ XY = 97 yards
He skis down the mountain at a rate of 1.5 yards per second.
⇒ speed = 1.5 yards per second
It takes him 3 minutes to reach flat ground at sea level.
⇒ t = 3 minutes
⇒ t = 180 seconds
XZ is the distance between peak of a mountain and the ground.
Using speed formula,
⇒ speed = XZ / times
⇒ 1.5 = XZ / 180
⇒ XZ = 1.5 × 180
⇒ XZ = 270 yards
This means the hypotenuse of right triangle XYZ is 270 yards.
Now, we need to find the angle that the mountain slope forms with the ground at sea level.
[tex]\Rightarrow sin(\theta)=\frac{XY}{XZ}\\\\\Rightarrow sin(\theta)=\frac{97}{270}\\\\ \Rightarrow sin(\theta)=0.3526\\\\ \Rightarrow \theta = sin^{-1}(0.3526)\\\\\Rightarrow \theta=20.64^{\circ}[/tex]
Therefore, the angle that the mountain slope forms with the ground at sea level is 20.64°
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