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The Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza, Egypt, was completed around 2566 B.C.E. Its original height was 482 ft. Each face of the pyramid forms a $52^{\circ}$ angle with the ground. To the nearest foot, how long is the base of the pyramid?
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We can use the tangent of the angle to find the half of the base of the pyramid (AO). The tangent of an angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to the length of the adjacent side. So, we can write the equation as follows: \[ Show more…
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