Question

Jim is designing a seesaw for a children's park. The seesaw should make an angle of 30° with the ground, and the maximum height to which it should rise is 1 meter, as shown below: A seesaw is shown with one end on the ground and the other in the air. The seesaw makes an angle of 30 degrees with the ground. What is the maximum length of the seesaw?

Answer 1

Answer:

two meters

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

2 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the maximum length of the seesaw, we just need to use the sine relation its angle with the ground.

The opposite side to the angle of 30° is the maximum height of 1 meter, and the hypotenuse is the length of the seesaw. So we have that:

$sin(30) = height / length$

$0.5 = 1 / length$

$length = 1 / 0.5 = 2\ meters$

So the maximum length of the seesaw is 2 meters.