keeping in mind that perpendicular lines have negative reciprocal slopes, hmmm what's the slope of the equation above anyway?
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so we're really looking for the equation of a line whose slope is -3/2 and runs through (0,0).
We are given the height of Joe which is 1.6 meters, the length of his shadow is 2 meters when he stands 3 meters from the base of the floodlight.
First, we have to illustrate the problem. Then we can observe two right triangles formed, one is using Joe and the length of the shadow, the other is the floodlight and the sum of the distance from the base plus the length of the shadow. To determine the height of the floodlight, use ratio and proportion:
1.6 / 2 = x / (2 +3)
where x is the height of the flood light
solve for x, x = 4. Therefore, the height of the floodlight is 4 meters.
If they're asking you how many pages are in the novel, there would be 351. To find this, you just add 3 to 114, which is 117 and multiply it by 3, which is 351. If they're asking something else, let me know and I'll try to help. I hope this helps!
H=-2
8+-2=6
Hope that helps
