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The hiking path to the top of a mountain makes at the steepest place, an angle of `20^(@)` with the horizontal, and it maintains this constant slope for 500 meters, as illustrated below. Which of the following is the closest approximation to the change in elevation, in meters, over this 500 meter section?
(Note: You may use the following values, which are correct to 2 decimal places:
`Cos 20^(@) ~~ 0.94, sin 20^(@) ~~ 0.34, tan 20^(@) ~~ 0.36`)

A

20

B

170

C

180

D

250

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B
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