Hi guys!
I am getting the wrong answer for the following question: a diagram is attached.
A hillside forms a plane surface inclined atto the hoizontal. A straight path up the hillside makes an angle of
with the line of greatest slope. Find to the nearest degree, the inclination of the path to the horizontal.
I have: h = PQ = RS
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tan 25 = h / OS
OS = h / tan 25
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cos 60 = OS/OQ
OQ = OS / cos 60.
OQ = h /(tan 25. cos 60)
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To the nearest degree this is 13.
The answer I have in my maths book is 12 degrees.
So, dear friends, am I wrong or is the book wrong?
