- A
- B1000
- C250
- D
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The cable is the hypotenuse: sin m. The value 500 m (about 866 m) is the horizontal distance from the station to the foot of the hill, found with tan 30, not the length of the cable.
Answer: B) 1000
A ropeway is planned in Shimla with a single straight cable running from a station on level ground to the top of a hill 500 m high.
The cable is to make an angle of 30° with the horizontal.
Find the exact length of the cable (in m).
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