A wheel 5 feet in diameter rolls up with an incline of 18 degrees 20 minutes. What is the height of the center of the wheel above the base of the incline when the wheel has rolled 5 ft up the incline?
Trigonometry word problem involving wheel?
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3Draw a picture. Do you see a right triangle that might give you some clues. – 2012-07-03
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0I drew a picture with 5 being hypotnouse 18 degrees 20 being an angle and I got 1.57. When i did sin 18 degrees 20= x/5. – 2012-07-03
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0Hmm I am not sure how to proceed. – 2012-07-03
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0@Bishop did you figure it out? – 2012-07-03
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0No I cant seem to figure it out. – 2012-07-03
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0By the way welcome to Math Stackexchange :) – 2012-07-03
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0Bishop, it does seem that you are able to write what you've already tried for solving a problem. Please write those out as part of your question the next time you ask one... – 2012-07-04