How Do You Calculate the Angle for Skiing Down an Incline?

[elizabethR]

i have a question that pertains to skiing down an incline...i can do everything for it, but i have no idea how to get 11.8 degrees from: theta=sin^-1 (0.204) though. how would i know that 11.8 is the answer?

 

[chroot]

Do you have a calculator which can calculate the inverse sine?

- Warren

 

[elizabethR]

yea but when i do the inverse sin of .204 on my calculator i get .20544. i am not using it right?

 

[pavadrin]

yea but when i do the inverse sin of .204 on my calculator i get .20544. i am not using it right?

make sure ur calculator is set to degree not radians or gradients

 

[rcwha]

ur calculator is in radians...change it to degrees and you should get ur expected answer

 

[elizabethR]

oh my gosh thank ya'll sooo much! i have been trying to figure that out for the longest time. i am so absent minded sometimes :)