Stella's friends got her a skydiving lesson for her birthday. Her helicopter took off from the skydiving center, ascending in an

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Stella's friends got her a skydiving lesson for her birthday. Her helicopter took off from the skydiving center, ascending in an

angle of 37 degree, and traveled a distance of 2.1 point, 1 kilometers before she fell in a straight line perpendicular to the ground. How far from the skydiving center did Stella land? Round your final answer to the nearest hundredth.

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Inessa [10] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-15T18:07:29+03:00

Inessa [10]3 years ago

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The situation is represented by a right triangle with 2.1km as the hypotenuse. The distance x from the center to the landing point divided by 2.1 is the cosine of 37 degrees. So x/2.1=cos37=0.7986 approx, x=2.1×0.7986=1.68 km.