Question

An escalator lifts people to the second floor of a building, 25 ft above the first floor. The escalator rises at a 30o angle. To the nearest foot, how far does a person travel from the bottom to the top of the escalator?
a) 50 ft
b) 43 ft
c) 87 ft
d) 25 ft

Answer 1

Answer:

a person travel 50 ft from the bottom to the top of the escalator

Step-by-step explanation:

An escalator lifts people to the second floor of a building, 25 ft above the first floor. The escalator rises at a 30 degree angle

The escalator forms a right angle triangle

opposite to 30 degree angle is 25 feet. to find the distance from the bottom to the top of the escalator we find the hypotenuse

let x be the hypotenuse

$sin(theta)=\frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}$

$sin(30)=\frac{25}{x}\\x sin(30)= 25\\x=\frac{25}{sin(30)} \\x=50$

a person travel 50 ft from the bottom to the top of the escalator