He nine ring wraiths want to fly from barad-dur to rivendell. rivendell is directly north of barad-dur. the dark tower reports t
hat the wind is coming from the west at 68 miles per hour. in order to travel in a straight line, the ring wraiths decide to head northwest. at what speed should they fly (omit units)?
1 answer:
This problem is better understood with a given figure. Assuming that the flight is in a perfect northwest direction such that the angle is 45°, therefore I believe I have the correct figure to simulate the situation (see attached).
Now we are asked to find for the value of the hypotenuse (flight speed) given the angle and the side opposite to the angle. In this case, we use the sin function:
sin θ = opposite side / hypotenuse
sin 45 = 68 miles per hr / flight
flight = 68 miles per hr / sin 45
<span>flight = 96.17 miles per hr</span>
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22. after 74.6 days
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Step-by-step explanation:
22. It is convenient to use the graphing calculator to solve this problem. The number of days is where the exponential curve has the value 500. It is about 74.55 days. (see the first attachment)
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23. y = 27.8112·1.18832^t (see the second attachment)
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24. The rate of change is the difference between the base of the exponential and 1, often expressed as a percentage. The time period is the units of t.
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25. Evaluating the function for t=24 gives y ≈ 1748.30425259 ≈ 1748.
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<em>Comment on graphing calculator</em>
A graphing calculator can make very short work of problems like these. It is worthwhile to get to know how to use one well.
