Data:
l and m are parallel lines
QR and ST are perpendicular in R
Angle 1 is 63°
The angle formed by perpendicular lines is a right angle (90°)
Angles 1 and 3 are alternate angles: angles that occur on opposite sides of a transversal line that is crossing two parallel.
Alternate angles are congruent, have the same measure.
The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is always 180°. In triangle QRT:
Use the equation above to find the measure of angle 2:
Then, the measure of angle 2 is 27°
Drawing a diagram of a triangle may be helpful. The hypotenuse is irrelevant, but the vertical leg and the horizontal leg are useful. Since we know the engineer is looking up at a 45 degree angle from a distance of 200 feet, we can label the vertical leg the "opposite", since it is on the opposite side of the angle we are given. The horizontal leg then becomes the "adjacent". You can then use trigonometry to solve for the opposite.
The options are:
sin(theta)= opposite/hypotenuse
cos(theta)= adjacent/hypotenuse
tan(theta)= opposite/adjacent
Since we don't care about the hypotenuse, the last equation is the one to use. The angle we are given can be substituted in for theta:
tan(45)= x/200
1.61977519= x/200
x= 323.955038 feet
Answer:
a
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
1
Step-by-step explanation:
