Answer: 20
Step-by-step explanation:
Let 's complete our quadrilateral to a rectangle ; and subtract from it the area highlighted in red
Trigonometry can be used to determine the height of a cell phone tower by using SOH CAH TOA or the Pythagorean theorem. If you look at it as a right triangle you can figure out how tall the tower is. If an angle is given (not a 90°angle) and the value of a side you can figure out all of the sides on the theoretical right triangle. Including the height of the tower.
Answer:
7.) 16.7
Step-by-step explanation:
7). First you have to find the length of the line with the triangle that is at a 90 angle with the longest side of the triangle
Using the pythagrorem theorem a² + b² = c²
4² + b² = 5²
b² = 5² - 4²
b² = 25 - 16
b² = 9
√b² =√9
b = 3
next you do the same thing to find the missing segment of the longest side
3² + b² = 13²
b² = 169 - 9
b² = 160
b = √160 or ≈ 12.7
12.7 + 4 = 16.7
so 16.7 is the length of that side
