Josh places a wooden plank over a set of stairs such that one end is 3 feet off the ground. The other end of the plank makes an angle of 30° with the ground. He wants to determine the horizontal distance between the two ends of the wooden plank. Complete the following sentences.
Using the provided information, the horizontal distance between the two ends of the wooden plank can be most easily found using the trigonometric function.
The horizontal distance between the two ends of the wooden plank, to the nearest thousandth of a foot, is feet.