If a 36-inch yardstick casts a 21-foot shadow, how tall is a building whose shadow is 168 feet?
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
From the graph attached,
Coordinates of the vertices are,
Q(1, 3), R(3, -3), S(0, -2) and T(-2, 1)
Following the rule of translation by 3 units to the right and 2 units down
(x, y) → (x+3, y-2)
Q(1, 3) → Q''(4, 1)
R(3, -3) → R"(6, -5)
S(0, -2) → S"(3, -4)
T(-2, 1) → T"(1, -1)
Following rule (rotation of a point by 180° about the origin) will give the image points,
(x, y) → (-x, -y)
Q"(4, 1) → Q'(-4, -1)
R"(6, -5) → R'(-6, 5)
S"(3, -4) → S'(-3, 4)
T"(1, -1) → T'(-1, 1)
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Answer:
a) 600
b) see below
c) 1.26 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
a) The value of y when x=0 is the coefficient of the exponential term:
y = 600·3^(-0) = 600·1 = 600
There were 600 atoms to start.
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b) see attached for a graph
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c) The graph shows 150 atoms at t = 1.26, about 1.26 hours after the start of time counting.
If you want to find that value algebraically, substitute for y and solve for x. Logarithms are involved.
150 = 600·3^(-x)
150/600 = 3^(-x)
log(1/4) = -x·log(3)
x = -log(1/4)/log(3) = log(4)/log(3) ≈ 1.2618595
After about 1.26 hours, there were 150 atoms.
