Question

A snow plough has a 3.2m blade set at an angle of 30 degrees How wide a path will the snow plough clear

Answer 1

Answer:

1.6m

Step-by-step explanation:

The length of the blade is 3.2m

The angle which the blade makes is 30°

Assuming the path of the blade and the length it covers is a right-angled triangle,

The length of the blade is the hypothenus while the path at which it clears is the opposite of the triangle.

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Using SOHCAHTOA,

Sinθ = opposite / hypothenus

opposite = x

hypothenus = 3.2

θ = 30°

Sin30 = x / 3.2

X = 3.2sin30

X = 3.2 × 0.5

X = 1.6m

The path which the snow plough clears is 1.6m