Answer: The height of the building is 6.49 meters.
Step-by-step explanation:
This can be translated to:
"A building projects a 7.5 m shadow, while a tree with a height of 1.6 m projects a shadow of 1.85 m.
Which is the height of the building?"
We can conclude that the ratio between the projected shadow is and the actual height is constant for both objects, this means that if H is the height of the building, we need to have:
(height of the building)/(shadow of the building) = (height of the tree)/(shadow of the tree)
H/7.5m = 1.6m/1.85m
H = (1.6m/1.85m)*7.5m = 6.49m
The height of the building is 6.49 meters.
Answer:
18
Step-by-step explanation:
when there is a - in front of an expression in parentheses, change the sign of each term in the expression
6+14+(-2)
then calculate the sum or difference
6+14-2= 18
The acute angles of a right triangle are complementary, so
α + β = 90
(5x/3 +20) + (2x/3) + 14) = 90 . . . . . . substitute given values
7x/3 +34 = 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . collect terms
7x/3 = 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . subtract 34
x = (3/7)*56 = 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . multiply by 3/7
Then the value of α is ...
α = 5*24/3 +20 = 60
