Emily drives 400 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 20° with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of a meter, what horizontal distance has she covered A - 425.7 meters B - 375.9 meters C - 136.8 meters D - 1169.5 meters

Emily drives 400 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 20° with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of a meter, what horizontal distance has she covered A - 425.7 meters B - 375.9 meters C - 136.8 meters D - 1169.5 meters

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

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Emily drives 400 meters up a hill that makes an angle of 20° with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth of a meter, what horizontal distance has she covered

A - 425.7 meters

B - 375.9 meters
C - 136.8 meters

D - 1169.5 meters

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