Find the value of x
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Answer:
2.10 s, 10.40 s.
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that the height of the rocket is given by the function:
We are asked to find the time for which the height of the rocket will be 350 ft. So, for that moment, we know the height but we don't know the time; however, we know that the equation can help us to find the time, doing h=350:
The last is a quadratic equation, which can be put in the form and solved applying the formula:
So, let's put the equation on the form adding
and subtracting
to each side of the equation; the result is:
So, we note that a=16, b=-200, and c=350.
Then,
According to the equation, that are the times for which the height will be 350 ft; that is because the rocket is going to ascend and then to fail again to the ground.
The positions of the sun, earth and shooting star form a right angled triangle, where distance between earth and sun is 'y', and the angle 'x°' is given
Now, in a right angled triangle using trigonometry, we can determine a side of the triangle is one of the sides and one of the angles is known
Here, if we use cos x = we can determine the distance between the shooting star and the sun. This can be done because we know that the base is 'y', the angle is x° and the hypotenuse represents the distance between the sun and the shooting star
Note: cos values for each x are definite.