leggo my eggo needs help with math

[Lego lad]

Okay so we have this math "project" in which we have to solve various problems and present them to the class. I can't figure out how to do the last part of the problem at the end:



can someone help me?

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[Katadeus]

Correct me if I forget something up, I haven't had a math class in a bit
tan(theta) will yield the ratio of opposite to adjacent. You have adjacent and want opposite. In order to find the opposite, x being your horizontal distance, your formula will just be x * tan(theta). This will be adjacent * opposite / adjacent, leaving you with the opposite side as your vertical component.
Does that make sense?

I wouldn't normally give people this, but it's an odd form of question and I get why you're confused.

[Lego lad]

i think its more like F(x) = ???

i have to find a formula that demonstrates how altitude changes and the horizontal distance (C in the triangle) increases

edit: wait no you're correct thanks