Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 13 - Section 13.5 - Applications Involving Trigonometric Ratios - Exercise - Page 463: 1

Answer

The length of conveyer is $18.805$ m.

Work Step by Step

The given situation can be visualized as shown in Fig. We assume that the shredder is located at $C$. The segment $AC$ represents the conveyor. Given that the length of the segment $BC$ is $|BC| = 11$ m. Now, the task is to find $|AC|$. From the sine formula, we have that \[\sin(35.8) = \frac{|BC|}{|AC|}\] \[\implies |AC| = \frac{|BC|}{\sin(35.8)}\] \[\implies |AC| = \frac{11}{0.585}\] \[\implies |AC| = 18.805\]
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