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A contractor is building a wheelchair ramp to provide access to a building. The ramp must make an angle of 88^{\circ} with the ground and must rise to a height of three feet at the other end. How long will the slanted part of the ramp be, to the nearest tenth of a foot?

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Let xx be the length of the slanted part, in feet. Draw the situation as shown:

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