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Given information

Note that given, waterskier skis over the ramp shown in the figure at a speed of .

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Let

the vertical height of the skier

the distance on the ramp (the hypotenuse) from the beginning of the ramp.

Know that and the angle of elevation of the ramp is .

Therefore, an equation that relate the quantities is:

 

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