Elliott is standing at the top of a store escalator that leads to the ground floor below. the angle of depression from the top of the escalator to the floor is 42.51°, and the escalator is 16 feet long. how far is the top of the escalator from the ground floor? round your answer to the nearest foot.

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facundo3141592 facundo3141592 · Answer 1 · 2022-08-03T17:51:30+02:00

By using what we know about right triangles, we conclude that the height is 11ft.

We can think of this as a right triangle.

Where the length of the escalator is the hypotenuse

We know that the angle of depression is 42.51°, then the top angle of our right triangle is:

90° - 42.51° = 47.49°

Now, the height of the top of the escalator would be the adjacent cathetus to said angle, then we can use the relation:

cos(a) = (adjacent cathetus)/(hypotenuse)

Replacing what we know:

cos(47.49°) = height/16ft

cos(47.49°) *16ft = height = 10.8ft

Rounding to the nearest foot, we get:

height = 11ft

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