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title: "Tarzan is above the floor of the jungle on a limb as shown in the picture below. He swings out on a vine of length \\( 15 \\) \\( \\text{m} \\) that initially makes an angle of \\( 32^{\\circ} \\) with the vertical. He releases his grip on the vine when he is at the lowest point of the swing. At this lowest point, he is \\( 9.0 \\) \\( \\text{m} \\) above the ground. How far horizontally did he travel from when he first started his swing (distance \\( d \\) in the picture)?"
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# Tarzan is above the floor of the jungle on a limb as shown in the picture below. He swings out on a vine of length \( 15 \) \( \text{m} \) that initially makes an angle of \( 32^{\circ} \) with the vertical. He releases his grip on the vine when he is at the lowest point of the swing. At this lowest point, he is \( 9.0 \) \( \text{m} \) above the ground. How far horizontally did he travel from when he first started his swing (distance \( d \) in the picture)?

Tarzan is above the floor of the jungle on a limb as shown in the picture below. He swings out on a vine of length \( 15 \) \( \text{m} \) that initially makes an angle of \( 32^{\circ} \) with the vertical. He releases his grip on the vine when he is at the lowest point of the swing. At this lowest point, he is \( 9.0 \) \( \text{m} \) above the ground. How far horizontally did he travel from when he first started his swing (distance \( d \) in the picture)?

Figure 1. Vine swing showing \( 15 \) \( \text{m} \) vine at \( 32^{\circ} \) and \( 9.0 \) \( \text{m} \) drop.

![Figure 1. Vine swing showing \( 15 \) \( \text{m} \) vine at \( 32^{\circ} \) and \( 9.0 \) \( \text{m} \) drop.](https://nerd-notes.com/wp-content/uploads/ubq-diagrams/nerd-notes-physical-setup-108968-1773218255.png)

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