Question

In a water park, people walk up a ramp before diving into the water below. If they cover a horizontal distance of 100 meters before diving down 50 meters, what is the angle made by the ramp with the ground?

Answer 1

tan Theta = 50/100 
Theta = 26.6 degrees

Answer 2

Answer:

$\theta = 26.56 degree$

Explanation:

As we know that the height by which diver is jumped down is given as

$H = 50 m$

also the horizontal distance moved by the diver is given as

$L = 100 m$

so as per the situation we can use the formula or trigonometry

$tan\theta = \frac{opposite \: side}{adjacent \: side}$

so now by plug in all values

$tan\theta = \frac{50}{100}$

$\theta = tan^{-1}(0.50) = 26.56 degree$