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The slope of the red line that is perpendicular to the green line is: -5/2.
<h3>What are the Slope Values of Perpendicular Lines?</h3>When one line lies perpendicular to another line, the slope of one must be the negative reciprocal of the other line.
<h3>What is the Negative Reciprocal of a Number?</h3>If given a number, i.e. a/b, the negative reciprocal of a/b would the opposite value of the reciprocal of a/b.
Reciprocal of a/b is b/a. Negative reciprocal of a/b would therefore be: -b/a.
Given that the slope of the green line is: 2/5. And it is perpendicular to the red line. The slope of the red line would be the negative reciprocal of 2/5.
Negative reciprocal of 2/5 is -5/2.
Therefore, the slope of the red line is: -5/2.
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Draw a diagram to illustrate the problem as shown in the figure below.
Let h the height of the hill. =
At position A, the angle of elevation is 40°, and the horizontal distance to the foot of the hill is x.
By definition,
tan(40°) = h/x h = x tan40 = 0.8391x
(1)
At position B, Joe is (x - 450) ft from the foot of the hill. His angle of elevation is
40 + 18 = 58°.
By definition, tan(58°) = h/(x - 450)
h = (x - 450) tan(58°) = 1.6003(x-450)
h = 1.6003x - 720.135 (2)
Equate (1) and (2).
1.6003x - 720.135 = 0.8391x 0.7612x = 720.135
x = 946.0523
From (1), obtain
h = 0.8391*946.0523 = 793.8 ft
Answer: The height of the hill is approximately 794 ft (nearest integer)
