The person and his shadow make a right triangle as well as the tree and it's shadow. they will be similar right triangles containing angles that are equal. I'm in similar triangles the angles are proportional so a ratio could be used to determine the shadow length. this ratio is:
25/5 = x/15
(Notice that both the height of the person and
the height of the tree height of the tree are on
the bottom because these would be similar
sides and the same for the shadows with both
on top. this could easily have been switched
with the shadows on bottom and heights on
top like:
5/25 = 15/x
however I noticed the 25/5 could easily be
reduced. this eliminated the need for cross
multiplication.)
The 25/5 can be reduced to 5:
5 = x/15
and then multiply both sides by 15 and you get:
x = 75
so the answer is 75 feet long.
this can be checked various ways. using trigonometry we have the opposite and adjacent sides so tangent could be used to find the angle between the shadow and the hypotenuse. this is:
tan (x) = opposite/adjacent
opposite = height
adjacent = shadow
so:
tan (x) = 5/25 for person
tan (x) = 15/75 for tree
these equations both reduce to:
tan (x) = 1/5
And of both equations are the same then the angLee are equal creating similar triangles and a correct answer
Answer: 28 cube boxes.
Step-by-step explanation:
The volume of a cube can be found with this formula:
Where "s" is the lenght of any edge of the cube.
You need to find the volume of a cube box:
To find the volume of the shipping box, first we must convert the mixed number to an improper fraction. To do it, multiply the whole number part by the denominator of the fraction and add this product to the numerator.
The denominator does not change.
Then:
Knowing the dimensions of the shipping box, you can calculate its volume by multiplying its dimensions. Then, this is:
Finally, in order to find the number of cube boxes can Haley fits into a shipping box, you must divide the the volume of the shipping box by the volume of one cube:
15. -(-7y + 12) = 7y - 12
16. 1/a = 16/18
cross multiply
16a = 18
a = 18/16 = 9/8
17. 8x - 12 = 4x + 24
8x - 4x = 24 + 12
4x = 36
x = 36/4
x = 9
18. -6b > 42 4b > -4
b < 42/-6 b > -4/4
b < - 7 b > -1
so b < -7 and b > -1
19. 6 more then the product of 8 and n
6 + 8n
20. 45 = 3b + 69
45 - 69 = 3b
-24 = 3b
-24/3 = b
-8 = b
Percent means parts out tof 100 so 15%=15/100
divide by 5/5
3/20=lowet terms
19 - 2 = 17 17 - 4 = 13 number = 13
