Perilous Plunge water ride in california ranks as one of the highest and steepest water rides in the country! The vertical height of the ride is 115 feet. The angle of elevation from the bottom of the drop to the top is 75 degrees. To the nearest foot, what is the distance a rider would travel on the major drop of the flume ride.


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The distance is 40 feet

     115
-      75
________
      40

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The distance a rider would travel on the major drop of the flume ride will be 30.8 feet.

What is the distance?

Distance is a numerical representation of the distance between two objects or locations.

The distance can refer to a physical length or an estimate based on other factors in physics or common use. |AB| is a symbol for the distance between two points A and B.

h is the vertical height of the ride = 115 feet

[tex]\rm\theta[/tex]  is the angle of elevation from the bottom of the drop to the top is 75°

The distance a rider would travel on the major drop of the flume ride will be ;

[tex]\rm tan 75^0 = \frac{P}{B} \\\\ tan 75^0 = \frac{h}{x} \\\\ x= \frac{h}{tan 75^0} \\\\ x= \frac{115}{tan 75^0} \\\\\ x=30.8 \ feet[/tex]

Hence the distance a rider would travel on the major drop of the flume ride will be 30.8 feet.

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