The answer to this question is x=4.
Answer:
C: 2; Allison, Richard, and Hope are right because the graph can have 0,1, or 2 x-intercepts.
Let the height of the building be x. Let the initial distance of the ant from the building be y, then
tan 32 = x/y
y = x/tan 32 . . . . . . . . (1)
tan 22 = x/(y + 66)
y tan 22 + 66 tan 22 = x
y = (x - 66 tan 22)/tan 22 . . . . . . . . (2)
Equating (1) and (2), we have
x/tan 32 = (x - 66 tan 22)/tan 22
x tan 22 = x tan 32 - 66 tan 22 (tan 32)
x(tan 32 - tan 22) = 66 tan 22 (tan 32)
x = (66 tan 22 (tan 32))/(tan 32 - tan 22) = 66(0.4040)(0.6249)/(0.6249 - 0.4040) = 16.6626/0.2208 = 75.4
Therefore, the height of the building is 75.4 feet.
Try to put all the x-es on one side and then find a value of one x. In this case:
x + 36 = 4x / -x (both sides)
36 = 3x / :3 (both sides)
x = 12
