325 meters if using full height of 324 meters for tower
277 meters if using observation platform height of 276 meters.
When the depression is 37 degrees, you can create a right triangle with the angles 90, 37, and 53 degrees. The distance from a point directly underneath the observer will be:
h/tan(37)
where
h = height of the observer.
And when the depression is 72 degrees, the distance will be:
h/tan(72)
So the distance between the two points will be the absolute value of:
h/tan(72) - h/tan(37)
=(tan(37)h)/tan(37)tan(72) - tan(72)h/(tan(37)tan(72))
=(tan(37)h - tan(72)h) /(tan(37)tan(72))
=h(0.75355405 - 3.077683537)/(0.75355405 * 3.077683537)
=h(0.75355405 - 3.077683537)/(0.75355405 * 3.077683537)
=h(-2.324129487/2.319200894)
=h*-1.002125125
And since we're looking for absolute value
=h*1.002125125
As for the value of "h" to use, that's unspecified in the problem. If you take h
to be the height of the Eiffel Tower, then it's 324 meters. If you take h to be
the highest observation platform on the Eiffel Tower, then it's 276 meters. In
any case, simply multiply h by the value calculated above:
=h*1.002125125
=324*1.002125125
= 324.6885406 m
=h*1.002125125
=276*1.002125125
=276.5865346
The correct answers are A and D
Answer: 51
80+49=129
180-129= 51
According to the Triangle inequality theorem, this does not work
For a triangle to be valid, the length of any two sides added together must by greater than the length than the third side.
In this example, we can see that the side with length 1 added to the side with length 2 is equal to 3inches.
3 inches is less that 4inches (the length of the 3rd side). So that triangle does not work.
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Answer
This triangle does not work, because the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is <u>NOT</u> greater than the length of the third side.
