A ramp is 50 feet long and has a 6° incline. A second ramp is 30 feet long and runs parallel to the first ramp. To determine the vector representing the shorter ramp, what scalar must be multiplied to the vector representing the first ramp?

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a scalar between 0 and 1

Vectors and Their Components

A ramp is 50 feet long and has a 6° incline. A second ramp is 30 feet long and runs parallel to the first ramp. To determine the vector representing the shorter ramp, what scalar must be multiplied to the vector representing the first ramp?

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