Answer: From the 60° angle, the flagpole is the opposite side and the shadow is the adjacent side of the triangle.
tangent 60° = opposite/adjacent
so
tan 60° = 20/x
multiply both sides by x and you have
x · tan60° = 20
divide both sides by tan 60° and you have
x = 20/tan60°
x = 11.5 ft.
if this is wrong sorry don’t be mad but if it’s right then hope this helps
<h3>The absolute error is 6</h3><h3>The percent error is 16.22 %</h3>
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
Given that,
Actual volume of his bathtub is 37 gal
Estimate is 31 gal
<em><u>Find the absolute error</u></em>
Absolute Error = | Measured Value - Actual Value |
Absolute Error = | 31 - 37 |
Absolute Error = 6
<em><u>Find the percent error</u></em>
Substituting we get,
Negative sign means percent decrease
Thus percent error is 16.22 %
Answer: the third option is the correct answer
Step-by-step explanation:
From the given right angle triangle,
The hypotenuse of the right angle triangle is 16√3
With m∠30 as the reference angle,
the adjacent side of the right angle triangle is x.
the opposite side of the right angle triangle is y.
To determine x, we would apply
the cosine trigonometric ratio.
Cos θ, = adjacent side/hypotenuse. Therefore,
Cos 30 = x/16√3
√3/2 = x/16√3
x = √3/2 × 16√3 = 3 × 8
x = 24
To determine y, we would apply
the Sine trigonometric ratio.
Sin θ, = opposite side/hypotenuse. Therefore,
Sin 30 = y/16√3
1/2 = y/16√3
y = 16√3 × 1/2
y = 8√3
This question seems to me to be an exercise in applying the rule for a difference of squares in order to rewrite the difference of two relatively large numbers as the "simpler" product of other integers.
