SAT Right triangles Question
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Question 1 · Easy · MathOctober 2024 Batch 1 · Q21Right triangles and trigonometry · 0 solved
According to a US law, ramps for use by the general public must form an angle with level ground such that . If the ramp in the figure conforms to this law and has a height of 20.9 inches, what is the least possible value of , in inches?
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The trap here
SAT SOHCAHTOA: naming the sides from the angle you were given — Opposite and adjacent are not fixed sides of a triangle — they swap depending on which angle you are working from. That swap is the trap.