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3 years ago

Use the number line below, where RS = 8y +4, ST = 4y + 7, and RT = 107.

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NISA [10]3 years ago

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Answer:

a) Finding value of y:

8y+4+4y+7=107

12y+11=107

12y =107-11

12y =96

y = 96/12

y = 8

b) RS= 8y+4

= 8(8)+4

= 64+4

= 68

ST= 4y+7

= 4(8)+7

= 32+7

= 39

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Jack is flying his kite . He runs 100 feet away from his house and lets out 45 feet of string . The angle of elevation from the

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Answer: 125.80 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Asuming the described situation is as shown in the figure below, we need to find the distance $h$ between the kite and Jacks house, but first we need to find the $x$ , $y$ and then $d$ .

How?

We will use trigonometry, especifically the trigonometric functions sine and cosine:

For $y$ :

$sin(65 \°)=\frac{y}{45 ft}$ (1)

Where $y$ is the opposite side to the angle and $45 ft$ the hypotenuse.

Isolating $y$ :

$y=40.78 ft$ (2)

For $x$ :

$cos(65 \°)=\frac{x}{45 ft}$ (3)

Where $x$ is the adjacent side to the angle.

Isolating $x$ :

$y=19.017 ft$ (4)

Finding $d$ :

$d=x+100 ft$ (5)

$d=19.017 ft +100 ft$

$d=119.017 ft$ (6)

Now that we have found these values, we have to work with a bigger triangle, where the hypotenuse is the distance between the kite and Jack's house $h$ and the sides are the values calculated in (4) and (6).

So, in this case we will use the <u>Pithagorean theorem</u>:

$h^{2}=y^{2} +d^{2}$ (7)