<h3> The complete exercise is: "Line segment YV of rectangle YVWX measures 24 units. What is the length of line segment YX?"</h3><h3> The missing figure is attached.</h3>

Since the figure is a rectangle, you know that:

$WV=YX\\\\YV=XW=24$

Notice that the segment YV divides the rectangle into two equal Right triangles.

Knowing the above, you can use the following Trigonometric Identity:

$tan\alpha =\frac{opposite}{adjacent}$

You can identify that:

$\alpha =30\°\\\\opposite=YX\\\\adjacent=YV=24$

Therefore, in order to find the length of the segment YX, you must substitute values into $tan\alpha =\frac{opposite}{adjacent}$ and then you must solve for YX.

You get that this is:

$tan(30\°)=\frac{YX}{24}\\\\(24)(tan(30\°))=YX\\\\YX=13.85$

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The height of an object varies directly with the length of its shadow, A person who is 6 feet tall casts a 15-foot shadow, how l

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The multiplier to get from 6 * ... to 15 is 15/6.
If 6 * 15/6 = 15, then 20 * 15/6 = 50, answer B.

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