Answers:
Activity 1.
x = 15 cos 30°
Activity 2.
x = 12.99
Explanation:
We can model the situation as:
Where the blue line is the conveyor belt and x is the distance from the base of the conveyor belt to the building.
Now, we need to find a trigonometric function that relates the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of an angle. So, we will use cosine because:
[tex]\cos \theta=\frac{Adjacent}{hypotenuse}[/tex]Then, cos 30° is equal to:
[tex]\cos 30\text{ =}\frac{x}{15}[/tex]So, solving for x, we get:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 15\cdot\cos 30=15\cdot\frac{x}{15} \\ 15\cdot\text{cos }30=x \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the value of x is:
x = 15 cos 30°
x = 12.99