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Question

Daredevil Robbie Knievel is building a ramp to attempt to jump his motorcycle over 35 school buses. The surface of the ramp will be 40 feet long and the ramp must stand 11 feet tall in order to clear the buses. What angle will the ramp form with the ground?

Answer 1

Let's call the angle formed by the ramp and the ground θ. Then, based on the trig ratios, we know that the sin of θ is 11/40. This let's us set up an equation to solve for θ.

sin θ = 11/40

θ = arcsin(11/40)

θ ≈ 15.962 degrees

So the angle between the ramp and the ground is approximately 15.962 degrees.