Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Angles, Degrees, and Special Triangles - 1.1 Problem Set - Page 13: 66

Answer

0.5 seconds

Work Step by Step

refer to #65 for a triangle depiction. We need to find the length of the hypotenuse using : sin 45 = 1000 ft/x x sin 45 = 1000 ft x = 1414 ft using the bullet traveling at 2828 ft/sec 1414 ft x (1 sec/2828ft) = 0.5 second
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