Question

A bowling ball is released at the near right corner of a bowling lane and travels 19.1 m at an angle of 3.0 degrees with respect to the lane's length. he ball reaches the far left corner of the lane, where it knocks down the "7" pin. What is the width of the lane?

Answer 1

sin 3.0^o = width/19.1.
Solve for width.

Answer 2

1.001