The angle of elevation from the hiker to the park ranger is the same as the angle of depression from the ranger to the hiker, 29°.
The tangent function of an angle is the ratio of the opposite side (500') to the adjacent side (x) in the right triangle shown. That is
tan(29°) = 500' / x
Multiplying the equation by x/tan(29°) gives
x = 500' / tan(29°)
x ≈ 500' / 0.5543
x ≈ 902 ft
You cant put .25 into a mixed number
its 1/4
7.70 and 7.700 they are all the same since the 7 tenths are still in its place
Answer:
C
Step-by-step explanation:
It usually works best to use the polynomial with fewer terms as the multiplier. A row of partial products is written for each term of the multiplier, so the fewer terms will result in fewer rows of partial products.
In order to keep like terms together, it is preferable to allocate a separate column of the multiplication tableau to each power of the operands or product. This means we want to make note of the fact that the cubic multiplicand has a coefficient of 0 for its x^2 term.
The best setup is the one shown in the attachment.
We can factor by grouping. To do so, we multiply the leading coefficient with the constant at the end. In other words, a times c (ax^2 + bx + c).
15*-4 = -60
Now we need to split the b term into two pieces that multiply to -60 and add to 4.
-6 and 10 will work.
Now group one part of b with the 15x^2 and the other part with -4.
(15x^2 + 10x) + (-6x - 4)
Now factor both terms.
5x(3x+2) - 2(3x+2)
3x+2 is one of our factors and 5x-2 is the other.
(3x+2)(5x-2)=0
Now just find the zeros.
3x+2 = 0
3x = -2
x = -2/3
And
5x-2 = 0
5x = 2
x = 2/5
So the answer is x = -2/3 and x = 2/5
