How do i know if I need to use sin,cos,or tan?
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Answer:
The lateral surface is 120 , which agrees with the third answer option of the list.
Step-by-step explanation:
Notice that the prism has 5 equal lateral faces, which are all rectangles of eight 6". The width of the prisms can be obtained by using the fact that the perimeter of the pentagon is 20", which gives a side length of 20/5 = 4 " which is the same as the with of the lateral rectangles.
Then the lateral area of the prism is:
Lateral area= 5 (6" x 4") = 5 (24) = 120
The ball describes a parabola, as you can see in the attached picture. So, the point where the ball strike the ground is the point where the parabola meets the x axis. In fact, the x-axis is the set of points where y=0, which means that the ball has height 0 or -again- it hits the ground.
So, we have to set y=0 in our equation and look for the positive solution. We have
And the positive solution is
So that's the distance from the child where the ball strikes the ground.
