The 10-mile Lower West Rim trail in Mt. Zion National Park ascends 2640 feet.
1. What is the average angle of elevation of the hike from the canyon floor to the top of the
canyon? (Hint: Draw a diagram in which the length of the trail forms the hypotenuse of
a right triangle. Convert feet to miles.)
2. What is the horizontal distance covered on the hike?
3, RAMP DESIGN An engineer designed the entrance to a museum to include a wheelchair
ramp that is 15 feet long and forms a 6° angle with a sidewalk in front of the museum.
How high does the ramp rise?

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.