Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:21 am
Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:08 pm
60cibu wrote:My question is as follows: Stonehenge required 550 people to pull a single stone up a ramp inclined at a 9° angle. Describe how right triangle trigonometry can be used to determine the distance the 550 workers had to drag a stone in order to raise it to a height of 30 feet. Does anyone know how to convert this 9° to a measurement of length or at least tell me what this formula is and how it works? I understand that it must be based on the Pythagoren Theorem which involves the use of right triangle trigonometry.
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