A kite flying in the air has an 11 - ft line attached to it. Its line is pulled taut and casts an 8 - ft shadow. Find the height
of the kite. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.
2 answers:
Answer:
The height of the kite is 7.5 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
If the kite has an 11 ft line attached to it and it casts an 8 feet shadow, we will have a rectangle triangle (see picture below).
To find the height x of the kite, we can apply the Pythagorean theorem.
x² = 11² - 8²
x² = 121 - 64
x² = 57
x =√57
x = 7.54
x = 7.5
Therefore, the height of the kite is 7.5 feet.
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Solution
The table below is the required sample space of the to fair die
From the above table
The sample space contain 36 outcomes
Event A: The sum is greater than 9
we will look at the table and count all the elements that are greater than 9
There are 6 elements (they are 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12 from the table)
The probability for event A will be
P(A) = 1/6
Event B: The sum is an even number.
We will look at the table and count the number of elements that are even
There are 18 elements (notice that there are 3 even number on each of the 6 rows of the table)
The probability for event B will be
p(B) = 1/2
Answer:
The required drawing showing the cliff, river, and tower as well as the details in the question is attached, please find alongside the answer
The width of the river is approximately 51.55 meters
Step-by-step explanation:
The height of the observation tower = 11 meters
The angle of elevation of the cliff top and the opposite side of the river = 20°
The angle of elevation of the tower top and the opposite side of the river = 30°
Therefore, by sine rule, we have;
h/sin(20) = w/sin(60)
11/sin(10) = length, l/sin(60)
l = sin(60) ×11/sin(10) ≈ 54.86 meters
w = l × cos (20) = 54.86 meters × cos (20) ≈ 51.55 meters
The width, w, of the river is approximately 51.55 meters.
