Trigonometry (11th Edition) Clone

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Chapter 2 - Acute Angles and Right Triangles - Section 2.4 Solving Right Triangles - 2.4 Exercises - Page 77: 11

Answer

$[h-58.6]\leq 0.05$

Work Step by Step

The height is measured to be $58.6$ ft. This number falls under the range $58.55\leq h\lt 58.65$, as if we assume $58.6$ has been rounded to 3 significant figures, its error interval will be $58.55\leq h\lt 58.65$. $58.65$ is the upper bound in the range, as that is the max value which will round to $58.6$, so we will take this as the value for $h$ in the inequality. Therefore, $[h-58.6]$ will always be equal to or smaller than $[58.65-58.6]$, which = $0.05$ Hence, $[h-58.6]\leq 0.05$
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