Right triangle with angle 58 degrees and adjacent side of 28 miles.

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Tod and his friends decide to take a road trip to the beach. Tod's friend Eric missed the last gas station and only has enough gas to drive 4848 miles. The triangle above represents the distance to the next gas station.

Using trigonometric ratios, find the distance to the gas station, rounded to the nearest whole mile. Will they will make it?

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