The escalator rises 25° from the ground and a vertical distance of 42 feet. How much horizontal distance does the escalator cover? Round to the nearest tenth.

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Dale Ballard

16 April, 06:23

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Angel Proctor · Answer 1

Set up a trig ratio.

This would be a tangent ratio since we're working with adjacent and opposite.

tan 25 = 42/x

solving 42/tan25 = x

x = 90.1 ft

Javon Saunders · Answer 2

Using the trigonometric function Tangent, you should find that 42/tan25 = 90.07